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The latest updates from Keesal, Young & Logan.Employment Alert: Texas Federal Judge Strikes Down DOL Overtime Rule
On Thursday, August 31, 2017, Judge Amos Mazzant of the Eastern District of Texas invalidated the Obama Administration’s 2016 Department of Labor (DOL) rule doubling the salary threshold for exempting white-collar workers from overtime pay. Judge Mazzant stated that...
Maritime Alert: Effective Dates of California’s Modified Biofouling Regulations Announced
Introduction With respect to the prevention of non-indigenous marine invasive species (“NIS”) introductions, the regulation of ballast water management has garnered the lion’s share of attention. However, there is another front to the regulators’ war against NIS...
Employment Alert: California Supreme Court Opens Door to Class Action-Like Discovery of Contact Information In PAGA-Only Cases
On July 13, 2017, the California Supreme Court issued an important opinion regarding the appropriate scope of discovery in increasingly popular PAGA-only, non-class action cases. In Williams v. Superior Court (Marshalls of CA, LLC), No. S227228, the Court unanimously...
Riding the Wave of Change: ThinkSmart CEO Paul Hirner Interviews KYL’s Justin Hectus
Reprinted from ThinkSmart.com by Paul Hirner, CEO of ThinkSmart One of the pleasures of being able to appear at CLOC Institute 2017 a few weeks ago? The chance to share the stage with Justin Hectus of Keesal, Young & Logan. As a two-time International Legal...
KYL Launches its Compliance, Operations and Data Control Advisory (CODA) Division
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – July 11, 2017 – Law firm Keesal, Young & Logan (KYL) today announced the hire of Wendy Riggs from Twitter and the launch of its new Compliance, Operations and Data Control Advisory (CODA) division. A Certified eDiscovery Specialist (CEDS) and...
Maritime Alert: Clean Air Action Plan Update from Ports of LA and LB
Following a joint declaration by the mayors of Los Angeles and Long Beach setting zero emission goals for the ports of Los Angeles and Long beach, the ports announced a schedule for the finalization of the Clean Air Action Plan (CAAP) 2017 Update. July 19, 2017: The...
Employment Alert: Breaking News Regarding Washington Meal Breaks
On June 29, 2017, the Washington Supreme Court confirmed that employers have an obligation to provide meal breaks and ensure that those breaks comply with Washington statutory requirements. The decision contrasts notably with the position of the California Supreme...
Maritime Alert: Busiest Ports in US set Zero Emissions Goals
On Monday, June 12, 2017, the mayors of Los Angeles and Long Beach signed a joint declaration setting zero emission goals for the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles. The declaration included the following commitments: A commitment by the Cities and Ports to assist...
Cyber Alert: FBI Issues Updated PSA Warning Regarding BEC/EAC Scams
The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center has issued an updated public service announcement regarding the rising trend of e-mail payment scams in the United States and abroad. According to the FBI, over 40,000 incidents occurred worldwide between October 2013 and...
KYL Partners with the Long Beach Branch NAACP for its 17th Annual Law Day
Keesal, Young & Logan (KYL) is proud to continue its long run of partnering with the Long Beach Branch NAACP in hosting and presenting the 17th annual Law Day Celebration. KYL has sponsored the event since 2001. Law Day was created in the late 1950s by the...
Maritime Alert: California Issues New Civil Penalty Regulations For Ballast Water Management Violations
California State Lands Commission Announces New Regulations For Enforcement Of California’s Ballast Water Management Regulations On April 19, 2017, the California State Lands Commission (“SLC”) enlisted the assistance of local vessel California State Lands Commission...
Cybersecurity in Discovery Webinar April 25
The integrity of the discovery process is an important part of litigation and regulatory investigations. In fact, settlement results can be influenced by ineffective discovery practices. Information subject to discovery is a potential gold mine, susceptible to data...
Keesal, Young & Logan Partners with Privva for EDRM Security Assessment
Keesal, Young & Logan (“KYL”) and Privva, Inc. (“Privva”) have successfully implemented EDRM’s new Security Audit Questionnaire to complete the security assessment of KYL’s third-party eDiscovery providers. By capitalizing on Privva’s automated security assessment...
Securities Alert: FINRA Adopts New Rules to Combat Financial Exploitation
SEC Approves FINRA Rules to Assist Member Firm’s in Combatting the Financial Exploitation of Senior and Other Specified Adults On March 30, 2017, the SEC approved FINRA Rule 2165 (Financial Exploitation of Specified Adults) which permits FINRA Member Firms to place...
Sea Venture Article – SOMETHING IN THE AIR: A Shipowner’s guide to navigating California’s low-sulfur fuel use regulations.
by David Tong CALIFORNIA’S CONTINUED REGULATION OF LOW-SULFUR USE: HOW DID WE GET HERE? The United States has ratified MARPOL, including Annex VI’s low-sulfur use require¬ments for vessels. Congress has implemented MARPOL as federal law. Annex VI is codified in...
Maritime Alert: Punitive Damages Available in Seaman’s Injury Claim
Washington State Supreme Court Rules Punitive Damages are Available in Seamen’s General Maritime Law Claim for Unseaworthiness In a unanimous ruling today, the Washington State Supreme Court held that seamen may recover punitive damages in an unseaworthiness claim...
March 15 Seminar: "Cyber Risk, Regulation and Insurance – The Business End"
Virtually every aspect of today’s business and legal world is enabled or facilitated by technology. Every minute of every day, a company’s most valuable and sensitive commercial information, and that of its clients and customers is held on or passes through multiple...
Mortgage Banking Litigation Alert – Court of Appeal’s Thorough Opinion Stops Borrowers’ Claims at Every Turn
California’s Third District Court of Appeal just published a decision that is best described as a lender-friendly primer on the documentary aspects of the state’s statutory non-judicial foreclosure process. Though not making any novel holdings, the panel in Kalnoki...
Untangling the Mystery of Cybersecurity Insurance
This article originally appeared in Cybersecurity Law & Strategy. IT security professionals used to warn that only two types of businesses exist: those that have been hacked, and those that will. Now, many are even more pessimistic and divide the world’s...
Maritime Alert: USCG Clarifies Cyber Incident Reporting Requirements
The U.S. Coast Guard recently published CG-5P Policy Letter 08-16: “Reporting Suspicious Activity and Breaches of Security” (the “Policy Letter”). The Policy Letter clarifies what type of cybersecurity events constitute suspicious activity (“SA”) and a breach of...
KYL’s Peter Boutin Elected President of the Federal Bar Association’s Northern District of California Chapter
Peter Boutin of Keesal, Young & Logan's San Francisco office has been elected President of the Federal Bar Association's Northern District of California Chapter for the 2017 term. Other officers elected include Michelle Roberts Bartolic as President-Elect and the...
Maritime Alert: USCG Type-Approves Alfa Laval’s And Oceansaver’s Ballast Water Management Systems
The IMO’s Ballast Water Management Convention requires the installation of a ballast water management system (“BWMS”) meeting the IMO’s standards by the date of a vessel’s first renewal of its IOPP certificate after September 8, 2017. On the other hand, for most...
Breaking News: New York Releases Updated Proposed Cybersecurity Regulation
Minimum standards proposed in September have been updated to provide more wiggle room for banks, financial institutions and insurance companies operating in New York. Reposted with permission from Cybersecurity Law & Strategy. On December 28, the New York State...
Employment Alert: Breaking News Regarding California Rest Breaks
On December 22, 2016, the California Supreme Court issued an opinion ruling that California law prohibits “on call” rest periods. Augustus v. ABM Security Services, a class action involving security guards who claimed they were required to be on call during their rest...