The San Fernando Valley Business Journal turned to the leading employment attorneys and experts in the Valley, and managing partner Drew Pomerance was included. Drew and his colleagues provided their assessments regarding the current state of labor legislation, what changes have come to the labor law landscape in light of the COVID pandemic, the new…
Drew Pomerance, Senior Partner at Roxborough Pomerance Nye & Adreani, LLP lends his years of insurance litigation experience to an article he authored which appears in this month’s edition of FORUM Magazine, published by the Consumer Attorneys of California. The article discusses the all too familiar situation where insurance carriers deny legitimate claims by relying…
Mediation is an alternative dispute resolution process that is used to resolve problems between the parties. Everyone knows that. But what is important to remember is that the process can and should be informal. Unlike a trial or arbitration that must proceed according to fairly rigid rules, the mediator does not decide the outcome of…
Mediation is unique in that it may take place early in the case, voluntarily at the request of the parties; involuntarily in connection with a judicial proceeding just before trial; or at any time between. Notwithstanding the timing, proper preparation can ensure a successful mediation; and often, discovery is key to being properly prepared. When…
As we have discussed here previously, there are certainly obvious benefits to mediation as a dispute resolution tool. Mediation is much less costly than litigation, more private (mediations can be kept confidential as part of the terms of the settlement agreement), and can be held in a matter of days, not months or years. Mediation…
Without question, COVID-19 has changed the way lawyers practice law and businesses resolve disputes. Whether that change will be temporary or permanent is yet to be seen. At the present time, many courts in California are closed or offer severely limited access and have restricted the ability to file all but the most time-sensitive matters,…
RPNA is excited to announce the launching of its mediation and arbitration practice, headed by Senior Partner Drew Pomerance. Although Mr. Pomerance continues to maintain his full-time litigation practice, he is now also available for mediations and arbitrations in employment, insurance and complex business cases. As a Co-Founding member of the firm, Mr. Pomerance has…
As many business owners are aware, the California Supreme Court recently threw employers a serious curveball with respect to how employers must calculate overtime. Adding to the confusion, the Court stated employers should have been aware of this calculation method even though the same California Supreme Court declared it void over 20 years ago.
The EEOC shows no signs of slowing down when it comes to its strategic enforcement of federal workplace discrimination laws. Indeed, EEOC litigation picked up in the fiscal year ended September 30, 2018, and the agency just held a major public hearing in October to emphasize the attention its placing on workplace harassment.
The #MeToo movement has certainly had an impact on how employers do business in California. But even before this, California was long considered to be a trailblazer in the area of sexual harassment law. Indeed, California’s Fair Employment and Housing Act mirrors Title VII and employers in other states often look to sexual harassment cases…