Think you can fire an employee for posting obscenities aimed at a supervisor? Think again. According to a recently published NLRB decision, an employer violated Section 8(a)(1) and (3) of the National Labor Relations Act by firing an employee for an obscenity-laced spiteful Facebook post directed towards a supervisor on the grounds that the employee’s…
DetailsYour employee claims to be injured while on the job. Although you may have doubts, as an employer in a state where workers’ rights and workers’ compensation are strictly regulated and enforced, what can you do? To deny the employee’s claim or challenge the validity of their injury could place you and your company at…
DetailsRPNA prevails in petition for review on Augustus v. ABM Security Services appellate decision. LOS ANGELES, CA, May 7, 2015—The Supreme Court last week voted 7-0 to review an appellate court ruling in the closely watched case of Augustus v. ABM Security Services which held that “on-duty” rest breaks are permissible under California law. The Supreme Court…
DetailsNicholas Roxborough has been invited to join the Advisory Board of California Organized Investment Network (COIN). COIN’s vision is to serve as a national model to provide leadership in increasing insurance industry investment in underserved and rural communities throughout California. For more information on Nick’s practice, please click here.
DetailsNicholas Roxborough will be speaking at the 11th Annual California Workers’ Comp Forum in San Diego, October 24-25, 2013. To learn more about Nick’s practice, please click here.
DetailsSenior Partners Drew Pomerance and Michael Adreani will be speaking at the Risk Management Society Annual Conference in Denver, April 27-30, 2014. To learn more about RPNA’s experienced team of attorneys, click here.
DetailsLOS ANGELES, CA, July 3, 2014—Nick Roxborough was appointed by Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti to serve as a Commissioner on the Police Permit Review Panel. He was approved by the Los Angeles City Council and sworn in as a Commissioner on July 1, 2014. He was later elected chairman of the PPRP in July…
DetailsNicholas Roxborough was named as one of 2013’s Five Most Trusted Legal Advisors by the San Fernando Valley Business Journal. To learn more about Nick’s practice, click here.
DetailsSenior partner Drew Pomerance was asked to discuss key strategies in insurance bad faith litigation at a national conference. More than 2,000 people attended the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles’ Annual Las Vegas Convention over Labor Day weekend where Drew Pomerance served on the expert panel “Red-Eye Breakfast: Hot Topics in Insurance Bad Faith.”…
DetailsIn today’s competitive business climate, “poaching” key employees is not unheard of. Does the business’s Comprehensive General Liability policy cover a potential lawsuit brought by the former employer? For example, what happens when you hire an employee away from a competitor, and the former employer sues you for a host of wrongful conduct claims, including…
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