Governor Newsom just signed SB 642 into law, making big changes to California’s pay transparency and equal pay requirements. The law goes into effect January 1, 2026, and employers need to start preparing now.
For a full overview of the other employment bills signed and vetoed by the Governor impacting employers in 2026, you can
California’s 2025 legislative session has officially wrapped, and Governor Gavin Newsom has made his final decisions on hundreds of bills sent to his desk before the October 13 deadline. For California employers, this year’s legislative package delivers another wave of significant workplace changes—spanning wage equity, paid family leave, worker classification, and expanded employee rights across
Artificial intelligence is reshaping every industry — and law is no exception. But if you’ve been too busy serving clients to experiment with ChatGPT or Claude, you’re exactly who this class was made for.
AI for Lawyers 101 is a live, two-hour online training that demystifies today’s top AI tools in a clear, supportive, no-judgment environment. You’ll learn
The mainstream press was quick to report this week on a startling new study out of UCLA: inhalers used to treat asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) produce greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to 530,000 cars on the road each year. Published on October 6, 2025, the study quantified that inhalers approved for asthma and
Employment contracts shouldn’t be considered “set it and forget it” documents. With what feels like almost constantly evolving case law, employers need to keep contracts up to date or risk having key provisions thrown out by a court.
If a termination clause is found to be invalid, the promises in your contract (most typically limiting
The Case for Diversity
Beyond all the moral and ethical reasons for promoting a diverse workforce, the business case for diversity is clear.
A decade ago, a McKinsey study of 366 companies in Canada, Latin America, the United Kingdom, and the United States found clear business advantages for diverse businesses.
According to the study, companies
This year is different. For real. Consider:
🔥 Law firms are under fire by the current administration.
⚖️ Lawyers are being asked to use their law degrees to advance reprehensible causes.
🚫 Firms are firing attorneys for speaking their views on their personal Facebook pages.
🏛️ The federal government is shut down. Federal employees are being
There is no factual dispute that Maryland consumes about 40% more electricity than it generates. That shortfall is not shrinking; it is growing, and the cost of that power keeps rising. We have previously written that Maryland Needs to Produce More Electricity. That imperative is even more urgent as demand spikes from artificial intelligence,
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued a proposal to eliminate much of the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program and suspend the remainder until 2034, describing the program’s high compliance costs of up to $2.4 billion annually for businesses with limited resultant regulatory value.
Today, the GHGRP requires more than 8000 facilities across 47 industrial categories
The way your team works is directly influenced by the spaces they work in. For employers, that means your hybrid or remote workforce’s productivity, creativity, and wellness are closely tied to their environment. Architect and author Donald M. Rattner put it this way:
“Our mental space (i.e. idea space) expands and contracts in direct proportion