Gregg A. FischPartnerSheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLPWebsitewww.sheppardmullin.comConnectEmail310-228-3721 Professional Biography Mr. Fisch is a partner in the Labor & Employment Practice Group in the firm's Century City office. More Legal and Business Bylines From Gregg A. Fisch California Supreme Court Holds Meal Period Premiums Are “Wages” and May Trigger Wage Statement and Waiting Time Penalties - (Posted On Wednesday, May 25, 2022) “Ban the Box” Laws & Workplace Violence: An Employer’s Failure to Sufficiently Perform Background Checks Could Lead To Costly Negligence Liability - (Posted On Thursday, May 31, 2018) Healthcare Industry Companies Must Be Wary of Classifying Any Workers As Independent Contractors, In Light of the California Supreme Court’s Dynamex Ruling - (Posted On Friday, May 18, 2018) Home Care Associations Seek Stay by SCOTUS of New Wage-and-Hour Rules, As the Effective Date of DOL Wage-and-Hour Regulations Quickly Approaches - (Posted On Tuesday, October 06, 2015) U.S. Supreme Court Rules that Security Screening Time is Non-Compensable Under Federal Law and The Portal-to-Portal Act - (Posted On Thursday, December 11, 2014) Ninth Circuit Rules That Twombly Standard of Specificity Applies to FLSA Pleadings - (Posted On Tuesday, November 18, 2014) California Enacts New Law Mandating Paid Sick Leave for Employees - (Posted On Saturday, September 20, 2014) Undocumented Workers May Pursue Claims Under California’s Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA), So Says the California Supreme Court - (Posted On Wednesday, July 09, 2014) The Supreme Court’s Ruling in Hobby Lobby that Closely Held, For-Profit Companies Should Receive Religious Exemptions From ObamaCare’s Conception Mandate Likely Will Have Little Practical Impact Immediately in the Employment Arena - (Posted On Tuesday, July 01, 2014) California Supreme Court Issues Iskanian Decision, Ruling that Class Action Waivers in Arbitration Agreements Are Enforceable, But Still Allows PAGA Claims to Proceed on Representative Basis - (Posted On Tuesday, June 24, 2014) Pagination Page 1 Next page Next › Current Legal Analysis New FTC Rule Bans Most Non-Compete Agreements by: Seth W. Ashby , Maureen Rouse-Ayoub Finally Final — The DOL Issues Its Long-Expected Final Rule Raising the FLSA Overtime Exemption Salary Thresholds by: Jason N. W. Plowman , Matthew P.F. Linnabary EPA Designates PFOA and PFOS as CERCLA Hazardous Substances, Releases CERCLA Enforcement Discretion Policy by: Lynn L. Bergeson , Lisa M. Campbell LEGAL SPIN: SoulCycle Sued In TCPA Class Action by: Tori Guidry "Please Pay No Attention to the Microphone:” DOJ Announces New Program Offering Protections to Criminal Whistleblowers by: Kurt R. Erskine , Nicole K. Nielly Upcoming Legal Education Events Jun 4 2024 FinTech and Securities Trading Platforms May 17 2024 Upon Further Review: A Look Back at the Last Year in the Third, Fourth, and D.C. Circuits May 15 2024 Capital Connect: Finance & Funding in Life Sciences May 14 2024 Harmonizing TSCA Consent Orders with OSHA HCS 2012 Print