FisherBroyles Employment Partner, Eric B. Meyer, quoted in Law360. On Tuesday, November 19, 2019, Braden Campbell quoted Eric in his article for Law360 entitled, "EEOC Trumps NLRB On Worker Speech Concerns." The article explores employers' obligation to keep workplaces free of unlawful discrimination and the National Labor Relations Act's protections for workers who say arguably offensive things. You can read [...]
FisherBroyles, LLP, the world’s first and largest distributed law firm partnership, is pleased to welcome Paul Beard to its Los Angeles office. Mr. Beard brings a full-service land-use and environmental practice to the firm, and he becomes the latest partner to join our unique Law Firm 2.0 model after previously working for an AmLaw 100 [...]
On December 10, FisherBroyles Partner Paul Beard will speak at the Annual Meeting and Holiday Dinner of the Real Estate Owned Managers Association of California (REOMAC). He will present on a panel entitled, "Understanding California's Newly Enacted Statewide Rent Control Bill: How Does It Impact Our Industry?" Among other things, Paul will discuss a civil [...]
On November 19, FisherBroyles Partner Paul Beard will speak at CalCIMA's 2019 Education Conference in Napa, California. The title of the presentation is "Wetlands, Animals, and Sensitive Habitats: Challenges and Opportunities for Project Proponents." He will update leaders of California's construction and industrial-materials industry about the pitfalls and opportunities that recent changes in federal and [...]
Earlier this fall, we released a client alert regarding FTC warning letters issued to various companies warning that their advertising of CBD oils, tinctures, capsules, “gummies” and creams may violate FTC rules. Similarly, the FDA issued warning letters this year to a number of firms marketing CBD products, citing them for misbranded drug products, unsubstantiated [...]
FisherBroyles' Partner Stu Panensky will be speaking about the California Consumer Privacy Act ("CCPA") at the insurance industry's annual Professional Liability Underwriting Society "PLUS" Conference. Stu's panel will discuss CCPA's implications to policyholders and insurers. For more information about the PLUS and its Annual Conference, please visit the PLUS website.
Restructuring Partner H. Joseph Acosta Co-Chaired the 8th Annual Energy Summit held in Dallas, Texas on September 17, 2019. The Summit included forecasting by Exxon Mobile through 2040 and discussions by leading M&A, Restructuring and Human Resource professionals regarding trends in the energy market. Read full article here.
FisherBroyles Employment Law Partners Eric Meyer and Amy Epstein Gluck are BOTH speaking at the annual SHRM Lehigh Valley Conference, People, Purpose, & Passion, on October 22, 2019. Eric is a keynote speaker presenting about the do's and don'ts when conducting workplace investigations, and Amy will speak about preventing discrimination and harassment on the basis of sexual orientation, gender [...]
What do you do when you learn that your top candidate - the one with the best possible credentials on paper - has a controversial tweet, or a post, in their past? Maybe it's blatant racism or something that could be considered sexism. Or it could be polarizing political views that don't align with the [...]
Partners Stu Panensky and Tony Onorato recently authored an article on cyber security legal obligations for global insurance and risk management think tank Insurance Thought Leadership. Titled, Where to Turn for Cyber Assistance?, Stu, Tony and their co-author, Underwriting Director and Cyber Industry Leader for CNA, Brian Robb, explore privacy and information security legislation in New York, California, Massachusetts and other jurisdictions and the [...]
