Bloomberg Law
April 9, 2018, 2:35 PM UTC

California Is Fertile Ground for Employment Lawyers

Gayle Cinquegrani

Confusing new employment laws and the possibility of lucrative class action settlements may be fueling growth for employment law practices in California, several practitioners told Bloomberg Law.

“The legislature out here is prone to passing laws that are hyper-technical and hard to comply with,” according to John Polson, a member of the management committee at labor and employment law firm Fisher Phillips. This tends to create “more employment litigation for us to defend” and more need for advising clients, he told Bloomberg Law April 2.

Many jurisdictions have their own employment-related laws, distinct from state-level requirements. By January 2019, for ...

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