California’s Third Appellate District recently held that an acronym for an out-of-state fictitious business name does not comply with section 226(a)(8) of the state’s Labor Code.

In the first quarter of 2019, 11% of all retail sales in the United States, or more than $146 billion, were internet-based transactions. Recently, the New Jersey Appellate Division approved for publication an opinion confirming that a person-to-person transaction over the internet will not automatically confer personal jurisdiction on the seller when the buyer is a New Jersey resident.

As previously reported, on December 29, 2019, Judge Kimberly Mueller of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California granted a temporary restraining order preventing the enforcement of AB 51, which was set to go into effect on January 1, 2020. 

2019 was an active year for Colorado labor law, with the legislature and courts making many changes that will impact employers in the state. This alert is a brief summary of those changes along with some new items to watch for as we head into 2020, so that employers can start the new year off on the right foot.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently announced the annual revisions to the jurisdictional thresholds applicable to the Hart Scott Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (HSR Act) pre-merger notification program and to Section 8 of the Clayton Act which prohibits certain interlocking directorates.

The State of California has a history of increasing its minimum wage, with wage increases occurring at the start of both 2019 and 2018. This new year is no different, with California again increasing its state minimum wage at the start of 2020. 

A recent case decided by the New Jersey Supreme Court draws a significant line between what care and service of property, and the resulting liability therefrom, can and cannot be delegated by a landlord. While it represents a departure from historic notions of a landlord’s duty, the Court was not willing to completely separate from prior rulings, running the analysis under the existing framework as well.

In Project Surveillance, Inc. v. Travelers Indemnity Company, No. 4:19-CV-03324, 2020 WL 292247 (S.D. Tex. Jan. 21, 2020), the court held that the professional services exclusion in the insured’s commercial general liability policy precluded Travelers’ duty to defend.