There is no state statute or regulation in California which expressly exempts persons participating in an internship from the minimum wage and overtime requirements. Federal regulation provides that those who “employ”, meaning “suffer or permit to work”, must compensate workers [...]
Under California law a “trade secret” is defined as “information, including a formula, pattern, compilation, program, device, method, technique, or process that: (1) derives independent economic value, actual or potential, from not being generally known to the public or to [...]
Intellectual property (“IP”) rights – copyrights, trademarks, service marks, domain names, trade secrets, and patents – are generally the foundation or core assets of online businesses. In many cases, this is also true of “brick and mortar” companies which have [...]
California law generally does not tolerate covenants not to compete, perhaps more so than any other state. Covenants not to compete typically arise either from the sale or transfer of a business or from an employer/employee relationship. The basic rule [...]
As a condition of initiating, continuing, or renewing a lease, some landlords or master tenants demand that a tenant pay undocumented “key money” (i.e., an up-front bonus payment made by the tenant to secure the tenancy). However, the California Civil Code, [...]