Effective January 1, 2013, Senate Bill 1038 will eliminate the Fair Employment and Housing Commission and permit the Department of Fair Employment and Housing (“DFEH”) to enforce FEHA via civil action rather than administrative adjudication. The procedures by which consumers bring complaints under FEHA will remain the same. Authorization to Seek Civil Action, Attorney’s Fees […] Read More

Snyder Law congratulates Osbelia Castillo on passing the California Bar. Osbelia is a graduate of the University of California Berkeley and received her J.D. from the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law. She clerked for the firm before becoming an associate. Osbelia’s addition furthers Snyder Law’s commitment to providing its clients with excellent legal representation […] Read More

On April 12, 2012, the California Supreme Court issued its long-awaited decision in Brinker Restaurant Corp. v. Superior Court, No. S166350. The opinion resolves years of uncertainty regarding the number and frequency of meal periods and rest breaks that an employer must provide to non-exempt employees. Meal Periods Favorable to employers, the Court held that employers’ […] Read More

Last month the Court of Appeal for the Second Appellate District (Los Angeles, Ventura, Santa Barbara, and San Luis Obispo Counties) reversed several decades of precedent and held that a second offer of judgment under California Code of Civil Procedure § 998 (“998”) does not bar a recovering party from the benefits of the first. In Martinez v. […] Read More