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The latest updates from Keesal, Young & Logan.
FINRA’s 2025 Regulatory Oversight Report – Key Enforcement Insights from Annual SIFMA NYC Panel Event
On February 4, 2025, shareholder Bryce Cullinane attended SIFMA’s forum on FINRA’s 2025 regulatory programs, including enforcement priorities, in New York. The session focused upon FINRA’s 2025 Regulatory Oversight Report (released January 28, 2025), which highlights...
Skip and Beth Keesal selected as Grand Marshals for the 37th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Parade
The annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Parade and Celebration is a longstanding tradition that celebrates the diverse community of Central Long Beach. This festival serves to honor and keep alive the ideals of Dr. King through arts, remembrance and meaningful...
Section 998: The high-stakes settlement strategy you need to know
Keesal, Young & Logan attorneys Peter R. Boutin and Christopher A. Stecher and law clerk Tara Leuenberger recently published an article in the Los Angeles & San Francisco Daily Journal. Below is the article, which addresses the intricacies of offers of...
Ready or Not, Here They Come…With Subpoenas in Hand: Senate Bill 940’s Impact on Arbitration Discovery
On September 29, 2024, Governor Newsom signed SB 940, which will go into effect on January 1, 2025. SB 940, which amends multiple sections of the Civil Code, the Code of Civil Procedure, and the Business & Professions Code, will have a major procedural impact...
Skip and Beth Keesal awarded Keys to the City of Long Beach
On July 16, 2024, Skip and Beth received the keys to the City of Long Beach from Mayor Rex Richardson. The Keys to the City are an important way for us to recognize the extraordinary people who represent the best of Long Beach, whether it be through philanthropy,...
Skip and the firm honored by the Rancho Los Alamitos with the Cottonwood Award for Leadership
On May 30, 2024, Skip and the firm were honored by the Rancho Los Alamitos with the Cottonwood Award for Leadership. The Cottonwood Award recognizes those who have shown significant leadership in enhancing, promoting and supporting the cultural communities of the...
California Supreme Court Sides With Employers on Wage Statement Penalties
Earlier today, the California Supreme Court issued its opinion in Naranjo v. Spectrum Security Services, Inc., a decision that clarifies when California employers may be subject to statutory penalties for failure to provide accurate wage statements under California...
THE CORPORATE TRANSPARENCY ACT: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THIS NEW LAW
What is the Corporate Transparency Act? The Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”), effective January 1, 2024, is part of the federal government’s war on financial crimes, like tax fraud, money laundering, terrorism financing and drug trafficking. Every domestic entity...
Privacy Updates for the New Year
As we draw near the close of 2023, we write to highlight some significant data privacy and protection developments from the past year. The landscape of digital rights and data privacy has experienced unprecedented changes, which not only reflect the rapid pace of...
Skip Keesal honored by the Long Beach Public Library Foundation
On October 1, 2023, Skip was honored by the Long Beach Public Library Foundation with The Durnin Family Award, a symbol of extraordinary dedication, exemplary leadership and philanthropic endeavors and for being a guiding light in our community, and leaving an...
Say No More, Stay No More: California Court Proceedings No Longer Stayed Automatically Pending Appeal of an Order Denying Arbitration
On October 10, 2023, Governor Newsom signed Senate Bill 365 (“SB 365”) into law. Effective January 1, 2024, SB 365 provides that an appeal from an order dismissing or denying a petition to compel arbitration shall not automatically stay proceedings in the trial court...
California’s New Non-Compete Law Has Cross-Border Implications Affecting Employers Nationwide
On September 1, 2023, Governor Newsom signed Senate Bill 699 (“SB 699”) into law. Effective January 1, 2024, SB 699 prohibits employers from including or seeking to enforce post-employment covenants not to compete in any employment contracts, regardless of where and...
California Supreme Court Rules that PAGA Plaintiffs Compelled to Arbitration Retain Standing to Litigate Representative PAGA Actions in Court
On July 17, 2023, the California Supreme Court issued its long-awaited decision in Adolph v. Uber Technologies Inc., which clarified the impact of arbitration agreements on a plaintiff's standing to litigate representative claims under the California Private Attorney...
The Colorado Privacy Act and Connecticut Data Privacy Act Take Effect on July 1, 2023
The Colorado Privacy Act and Connecticut Data Privacy Act Take Effect on July 1, 2023 In the absence of a comprehensive federal privacy law, states are leading the way in enacting consumer data privacy laws aimed to provide consumers with greater transparency and...
Broadened Interpretation of Whistleblowing Statute in California
Overview On May 22, 2023, the California Supreme Court unanimously found that an employee’s report of workplace wrongdoings is a protected “disclosure” within the meaning of Labor Code section 1102.5(b) even if the employer already knew about the violation before the...
Keesal, Young & Logan Secures Dismissal of Three Northstar Investor Cases Under FINRA’s Eligibility Rule
Representing two separate securities broker-dealers, Neal Robb and Bryce Cullinane of Keesal, Young & Logan have been defending claims brought by public investors stemming from their investments in products issued by Northstar Financial Services (Bermuda) Ltd...
2022 Capital Markets Litigation and Regulatory Outlook CLE Webinar
2022 Capital Markets Litigation and Regulatory Outlook CLE Webinar Back by popular demand! Jack McGuire, Esther Cho and Greg Kyle reunite for a new CLE Webinar to provide a capital markets update and discuss related litigation, regulatory and enforcement areas to keep...
EEOC Issues Updated COVID-19 Guidance
Today, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued long-awaited guidance regarding the extent to which employers may provide incentives to employees to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Before today’s guidance was issued, industry groups had asked the EEOC...
Cal OSHA Proposes Amendments to Emergency Temporary Standards
On Friday, May 29, 2021, California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal OSHA) announced that on June 3, 2021 it will vote on proposed amendments to the Emergency Temporary Standards, which govern the reopening of offices in the state. The proposed rule...
California Supplements COVID Paid Sick Leave Law
On March 19, 2021, Governor Newsom signed SB 95, which will place additional requirements on employers to provide supplemental paid sick leave to employees impacted by COVID-19. The new law goes into effect on March 29, 2021 and is set to expire on September 30, 2021....
New Pay Data Reporting Requirements For California Employers Due March 31, 2021
On September 30, 2020, Governor Newsom signed SB 973, which requires private employers in California with 100 or more employees and who are required to file an annual Employer Report (EEO-1) under federal law to submit payroll data to the California Department of Fair...
Beware of Phishing Email from “FINRA-ONLINE.COM” Domain
All member firms should be aware of an ongoing phishing campaign that involves fraudulent emails purporting to be from “FINRA Membership” and using the email address “supports@finra-online.com.” The email asks recipients to respond to an issue of “regulatory...
Skip Keesal Named to Lawdragon’s Hall of Fame Class of 2021
Congratulations to our own Skip Keesal on being named to Lawdragon's Hall of Fame Class of 2021! This is Skip's 11th year in a row as a Lawdragon. Read full article here.
California Supreme Court Goes Retro: Dynamex Applies Retroactively to Independent Contractor Misclassification Claims
In April 2018, the California Supreme Court issued a ground-breaking decision related to the test for analyzing whether a worker is properly classified as an employee or independent contractor. In adopting the “ABC Test” in Dynamex Operations West v. Superior Court,...