California adopted a rule in 2014 that waiting periods for new employees to be eligible for health benefits could not exceed 60 days. The rule was recently rescinded, meaning California will now be in line with the federal...
Are your commissioned salespeople still exempt?
August 11, 2014
The California Supreme Court just made it harder to treat commissioned salespeople as exempt from overtime and other wage and hour requirements, at least those that are not outside salespersons. In order to meet the standard...
House Passes Permanent Bonus Depreciation Bill
July 14, 2014
Friday morning, the House passed, by a bipartisan vote of 258-160, H.R. 4718, a bill that would restore and make 50% bonus depreciation permanent. This allows businesses to write off 50 percent of their capital investments,...
Arbitration Will Not Shield Bad Faith Claims
July 11, 2014
In a recent California decision, the court in Maslo v. Ameriprise Auto & Home Ins. (2014) 2014 Cal.App. LEXIS 564 held that an insured can pursue a bad faith claim against an insurer when the insurer failed to investigate...
The Decision, Part II
July 10, 2014
On July 8, 2010, Cleveland Cavaliers fans anxiously awaited the “Decision” of star NBA player LeBron James. In what turned out to be a made for television 75 minute spectacle of supreme narcissism, King LeBron pronounced...
No Feng Shui Here
July 9, 2014
Every once in a while, there is good news for the insurance industry as a result of a court decision here in California. The United States District Court for the Northern District of California has recently concluded that...
Godzilla, Frankenstein, the Mummy…scary monsters are a staple of Hollywood. For California employers, one of the scariest monsters to roam the state in recent years has been…cue the suspenseful music…the wage and...
Larry Arnold of Cummins & White, LLP’s successful trial, Nova Insurance Services vs. BB&T Insurance Services of California, Inc., was featured in the Verdicts & Settlements section of the Daily Journal on...
