O’Hagan Meyer  is excited to announce the opening of our new office in Denver, CO. Led by Managing Partner Alice Powers, our Denver office includes Partners Ben Hase, John Michels, Meredith McDonald, Meryl Mills, and Associate Brian DeMocker. These exceptional employment lawyers and trial attorneys have a proven track record of success in representing our […]

O’Hagan Meyer is thrilled to share that we have successfully achieved Mansfield Rule Certification! The goal of the Mansfield Rule, administered by Diversity Lab, is to increase and sustain diversity in law firm leadership through proven and carefully considered changes to the internal processes which provide growth opportunities to all our attorneys. O’Hagan Meyer understands […]

By: Kevin L. Golden Recently, there has been much attention paid to the potential that artificial intelligence (AI) might soon replace large swaths of the workforce. But a recent class action lawsuit filed in California claims AI is already preventing at least one individual from entering the workforce based on his protected characteristics. Concerns about […]

By: Eileen R. Geller, Lilias Gordon, and Charles Meyer Recently, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) dealt another blow to the rights of employers and employees to enter into severance agreements which prevent the parties from disparaging each other and from disclosing the confidential terms of those agreements. In McClaren Macomb, 372 NLRB No. 58 […]

After an epic four plus year battle, Hermosa Beach Partner Theodore (“Ted”) Peters celebrated a full defense verdict in a California Superior Complex Court following a 17-day jury trial. The trial brought finality to a complicated fact pattern involving no less than six sets of defendants, 20 courtroom attorneys, and sweeping claims of fraud, deceit, […]

We have already covered two of the most significant new laws for CA employers that are going into effect January 1, 2023, in separate articles. Unfortunately, that’s not all. Here is a brief review of some more laws California employers must be ready to implement in their practices and policies. Minimum Wage/Salary Requirement Increases All […]

Under current CA “Pay Transparency” law, an employer is prohibited from soliciting, or relying on salary history voluntarily provided as a factor in determining whether to offer a prospective employee a job, or what pay to offer them. Employers are also required to disclose pay scales for existing positions on request of a prospective employee. […]

Roll with The Changes If there is one thing that never changes for employers in California, it’s the need to keep up with frequent changes to the legal compliance landscape. The courts give us a moving target throughout the year with their decisions, which is challenging enough, but predictably our legislature heaps on more at […]

O’Hagan Meyer is ecstatic to once again to be named a 2022 Top Workplace! This latest honor was awarded by the Chicago Tribune. Employees at our Chicago headquarters anonymously responded to an employee engagement survey shared to help us understand how effectively we are supporting their growth, contributing to their job satisfaction, and creating a […]

On July 29, 2022, FINRA submitted to the SEC for its approval a new set of rule changes that impose stricter requirements on its process governing the expungement of customer dispute information.[1] FINRA’s current expungement rules provide a procedural mechanism whereby associated persons and Firms can obtain a court order directing FINRA to expunge reference […]