California Supreme Court: Employers Do Not Have to Ensure Employees Take Breaks
- posted: Apr. 26, 2012
- Articles,  Business Counseling,  Employment,  Business
The state Supreme Court has finally clarified California employer obligations regarding employee meal periods and rest breaks. As we predicted after the oral arguments in Brinker Restaurant Corp. v. Superior Court Read More
Wisdom of the Supremes
"For protection against abuses by legislatures the people must resort to the polls, not to the courts." Munn v. Illinois, 94 US 113, 134 (1877). Courts are good at procedural issues, and Read More
Don’t Let Your Company Be a Software Theft Ring
- posted: Nov. 02, 2011
- High Technology Law,  Business,  Uncategorized,  Copyright
Would you encourage your employees take a five-fingered discount from the office supply store? Probably not. Would you cheat a hard-working employee by not paying her? Of course not. However, Read More
Using Certified Interpreters
Bay Oak Law's own assistant extraordinaire, Kim Kennedy, published an article in the Spring 2011 issue of The Bulletin of the Alameda County Bar Association about something that came up for Read More
A Story, Short & Sweet, About Covenants Not to Compete
- posted: Jun. 10, 2010
- Business
Business lawsuits can grind on for a long time, and become very expensive. While many lawyers like that, most clients prefer something short, and preferably very sweet, in the sense Read More