Independent Contractors v. Employees (AB 5) The ABC test under the 2018 Dynamex case has been codified into law, at Labor Code Section 2750.3. Labor Code Section 2750.3 adopts the ABC test in most situations, making it difficult to correctly classify a worker as an independent contractor. Additionally, the new law is retroactive and applies […]
Donahue Fitzgerald’s Immigration Law attorneys advise and represent domestic and international companies that are hiring aliens to work in the United States, transferring U.S. personnel abroad, or employing foreign nationals to work outside of the U.S. We also assist individuals and families in immigration matters. Depending upon client requirements, our immigration law attorneys coordinate efforts […]
Donahue Fitzgerald specializes in representing property owners, users, developers, lenders, and investors in commercial, office, residential, and mixed-use projects throughout the United States. We also represent investors, lenders, and borrowers in real estate financing projects and serve as general counsel to a number of real estate partnerships. Our attorneys negotiate and draft property acquisition, disposition […]
See generally Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 22575 et seq. Disclosure on How Company Handles Do-Not-Track Signals Operators of commercial websites and services that collect personally identifiable information (“PII”) must disclose in their online privacy policies how they will respond to “Do-Not-Track” signals sent from consumers that reside in California. For purpose of this […]
Now the Oakland-based firm Donahue Fitzgerald is involved in what The New York Times calls “a lawsuit for the ages” to prove that “Happy Birthday to You” is no longer under copyright and belongs to the public. The story of “Happy Birthday to You” started in 1893, when Mildred and Patty Hill published Song Stories […]
On February 2, 2017, the International Law Office and Lexology named our partner Jonathan Osder as a recipient of the 2017 Client Choice Awards. Jonathan earned top honors for the state of California for intellectual property in the area of copyright law. Congratulations to Jonathan for being selected for the award from a pool of […]
Law360 (December 20, 2018, 5:05 PM EST) — Spotify Inc. and the music publisher representing Tom Petty, Stevie Nicks and other popular songwriters announced Thursday an end to a $1.6 billion copyright infringement dispute that accused Spotify of cheating artists out of millions of dollars in royalties. In a joint statement, Spotify and Wixen Music […]
Often times, businesses send employees home early if business is slow. In those situations, where “an employee is required to report for work and does report, but is not put to work or is furnished less than half said employee’s usual or scheduled day’s work, the employee shall be paid for half the usual or […]