December 19, 2016
Employment Agreements: California Limits Choice-of-Law & Venue Provisions
– Broc Romanek
As noted in this Cooley memo, California Governor Jerry Brown recently signed legislation into law that prohibits employers from requiring employees who primarily reside & work in California to agree to contract provisions that require them to adjudicate claims arising in California outside of the state. In addition, employees who primarily reside & work in California cannot be forced to sign agreements that deprive them of the substantive protections of California law…