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California Supreme Court Rules Shopping Malls Cannot Prohibit Union Protesters from Urging Boycott of Stores
Robert L. Ford, George S. Howard, Harry I. Johnson, Curt Kirschner, August 29, 2008
The California Supreme Court recently ruled in a 4-3 decision that a privately owned shopping mall could not restrict union members from peacefully handbilling on its property in connection with a labor dispute, even though the handbilling was designed to cause a consumer boycott of one of the...

California Supreme Court Rejects the Narrow-Restraint Exception and Invalidates Noncompete Agreement
George S. Howard, Mark D. Kemple, Donna M. Mezias, Steven M. Zadravecz, August 27, 2008
Many states permit employers to enter into reasonable and limited noncompetition agreements that prevent departing employees from working for a competitor after the end of an employment relationship. California is not one of those states.

California Appellate Court Holds that Meal Periods Must be Made Available to Employees; California Labor Commissioner Follows Suit
Mark D. Kemple, Aaron L. Agenbroad, George S. Howard, Robert A. Naeve, August 19, 2008
On July 22, 2008, the California Court of Appeal in San Diego issued a decision in favor of employers on a broad range of issues concerning the employer's obligation to "provide" meal and rest periods to its nonexempt employees, and what that obligation requires of the employer.

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