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Earlier this year, the National Labor Relations Board (the NLRB) issued a decision in McLaren Macomb (McLaren) holding that employers may not offer non-supervisory employees severance agreements that ...

Non-competition clauses are under scrutiny at the federal level and in some states with governments taking a more pro-labor stance against restrictive covenants. In July 2021, President Biden issued ...

Section 432.3 of the California Labor Code currently requires employers to provide an applicant with the pay scale for a position upon the applicant’s reasonable request and prohibits certain ...

The CPRA, a ballot initiative that amends the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and includes additional privacy protections for consumers, passed in November 2020. The majority of the CPRA’s ...

Starting a new business is exciting. Founders often have a mental image of how they imagine their new company will be: the new Google. But before they can create a new verb, they first need to make ...

There are many occurrences when a business, be it a startup or an established company scaling up, may seek to raise funds from venture capital (VC) investors rather than bank loans. Such occurrences ...

SPZ attorney Ryan Shaening Pokrasso recently sat down with Scott Orn, COO of Kruze Consulting, to discuss SPZ's approach to client relationships, legal best practices, and Ryan's path to co-founding ...

The legal landscape involving employee sick and family leave is rapidly changing to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, and businesses should inform themselves on these new measures. Below please find ...

Many believe that the U.S. economy is currently in a recession or will soon enter one as a result of the economic impacts of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). Noted virtual capital firms are ...