Eight months after the enactment of AB 5, California’s Employee Classification law, employers are once again having to re-evaluate the status of their California employees. Earlier this month, California’s Governor signed AB 2257 into law, which carves out additional exceptions for industry freelancers. Background on AB 5 & AB 2257 AB 5, or the “gig …
Legislative Update: AB 2257 is now California law – now what? Read More »
We’re excited to issue a warm welcome to Stephanie Fields, our newest Attorney. Stephanie Fields, Attorney Stephanie’s practice focuses on startups and small businesses, from formation to exit events and everything in between. As a former grant reviewer at NC IDEA and a former advisor at the Small Business Center of North Carolina, she’s passionate about …
On Saturday, September 19th, Brandon J. Huffman will be presenting at PAX Online 2020 along with Yan Perng (Associate General Counsel, NCSOFT), Ryan Black (Partner, DLA Piper), Angelo Alcid (Cloud Partner Contracts Manager, Google), Genie Doi (Of Counsel, ESG Law), and Matt Dobill (Associate, Frankfurt, Kurnit, Klein & Selz). The topic will be: Ask Game …
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On Monday, September 14th, Brandon J. Huffman will be presenting at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki Digital 2020 along with Yan Perng (Associate General Counsel, NCSOFT), Ryan Black (Partner, DLA Piper), Angelo Alcid (Cloud Partner Contracts Manager, Google) and Matt Dobill (Associate, Frankfurt, Kurnit, Klein & Selz). The topic will be: Panel: Ask a Lawyer! Everything You’re Afraid to …
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This post and the previous post outline the employers’ responsibilities to new employees under California state law as this year, California employers are finding themselves having to treat former independent contractors as employees. This not only applies to employers physically operating in California but also any employer who has workers located in the state. (1) Provide …
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In the aftermath of the 2018 Dynamex decision and its subsequent codification in AB5 (the “gig workers bill”), California employers are finding themselves having to treat former independent contractors as employees under California state law. This not only applies to employers physically operating in California but also any employer who has workers located in the …
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Earlier this month, a California judge ordered Lyft and Uber to reclassify their workers while the litigation over the companies’ compliance with Assembly Bill No. 5 (AB5), A.K.A. “the gig workers bill,” continues. The order comes after more than a year of Lyft and Uber refusing to classify their drivers as employees under the new …
Last month, in what may seem like a deja vu moment from 2015, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) surprisingly struck down the EU-US Privacy Shield. The Privacy Shield was the legal mechanism that more than 5,300 organizations used to transfer personal data between the EU and the US. Of the companies …
The EU’s high court just demolished the EU-US Privacy Shield…now what? Read More »
United States federal privacy regulations are different for kids under 13 and compliance is really tough. Provided the game is not primarily targeted or advertised at kids, and a game studio has no knowledge of kids using it, it’s usually a simpler plan to just exclude them where monetizing through ads or otherwise collecting personally …
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Since July 1st, some California consumers have eagerly begun enforcing their newly created privacy rights through class-action lawsuits aimed at companies consumers believe to have mishandled their data. Just last week, a consumer sued Walmart, alleging a lack of necessary security standards to protect the consumer’s credit card data during a recent security breach – …
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