Last week, the California Department of Insurance (CDI) reached a settlement agreement with Applied Underwriters, holding the Berkshire Hathaway subsidiary accountable and ending its bait-and-switch marketing tactics to sell its workers’ compensation products. Applied Underwriters has agreed to drop its petition to block the CDI’s enforcement action and come into compliance with well recognized state…
RPNA joined forces with Lockton to present an informative session at this year’s National RIMS Conference in Philadelphia, titled “Walking the FMLA-ADA-Workers’ Compensation Tightrope.“ RPNA Co-Managing Partner Drew Pomerance and Lockton Vice President Tamara Johnson discussed the interactive process between FMLA, the ADA, and workers’ compensation claims. They offered effective strategies and processes to minimize…
Supreme Court Reinstates $89 Million Judgment in Landmark Class Action Employment Suit Decision expected to carry significant ramifications for the California workplace for years to come. The Supreme Court of California today overturned an appellate court ruling in the landmark case of Augustus v. ABM Security Services, ending an eleven-year battle and upholding the trial…
It was a chance meeting at a UC Berkeley dorm forty years ago that eventually led partners Nick Roxborough and Drew Pomerance to establish their own law firm, what is known today as Roxborough, Pomerance, Nye & Adreani LLP (RPNA). Few law firms are founded on friendships and fewer sustain a solid forty-year relationship. It was for this reason,…
The use of medical marijuana in the California workplace has been a popular, if not confusing, topic as of late. With conflicting views on medical marijuana usage at the federal and state levels, many employers are understandably perplexed, if not a little nervous, while attempting to walk the fine line between federal law (which continues…
On Saturday, November 12, 2016, attorney Drew E. Pomerance will be speaking at the prestigious California Attorneys Association of California’s annual conference. Mr. Pomerance is the managing partner of the well-respected Los Angeles law firm Roxborogh Pomerance Nye & Adreani. He recently argued one of the firm’s seminal cases before the California Supreme Court. Mr.…
On October 14, 2016, seasoned business litigator Drew E. Pomerance will be speaking at the Valley Industrial and Commerce Association (VICA) Business Forecast Conference at the Hilton Hotel, Universal City, California. Mr. Pomerance will join a small panel of experts to discuss how businesses can deal with and protect themselves from wage and hour and…
When it comes to cases against Applied Underwriters, RPNA’s Nick Roxborough is the go-to expert for commentary. Workers’ Comp Executive reached out to Nick regarding the most recent lawsuit against Berkshire Hathaway’s subsidiary filed in New York. The plaintiff is seeking a $6 million bond and at least $18 million in trebled damages. According to…
Workers’ Comp Executive recently reached out to Nicholas Roxborough to comment on the new cease and desist order signed by California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones, barring Applied Underwriters from selling its EquityComp program in California. Roxborough told Workers’ Comp Executive that, “the Order provides additional evidence that Applied has engaged in wrongdoing. It provides exquisite foundational evidence for existing lawsuits,…
It is time to carefully review arbitration agreements and class action waivers. A few days ago the California Supreme Court delivered its highly anticipated ruling in the Sandquist v. Lebo Automotive case on the issue of whether it is the court or the arbitrator who decides whether an employment law case can proceed as a…