• Posts by Jon Setoguchi
    Posts by Jon Setoguchi
    Partner/General Counsel

    Jon Setoguchi serves as the firm’s general counsel. He works closely with the firm’s leadership and provides legal advice and risk management support to the firm’s attorneys on a variety of legal and ethical issues. Mr ...

Ninth Circuit Voids “No Re-Hire” Provision in Settlement Agreement Between Employer and Former Employee

In Golden v. California Emergency Physicians Medical Group, et al., a divided Ninth Circuit panel held that a settlement agreement between a doctor and his former employer violated Cal. Prof. & Bus. Code § 16600 because a “no re-hire” provision of the agreement placed a “restraint of a substantial character” on the doctor’s medical practice.

California Court of Appeal Rejects Enforcement of Class Action Waiver Under Federal Arbitration Act in Agreement Between Staffing Firm and Truck Driver

On February 23, 2018, California’s Fourth Appellate District held an employment agreement between a staffing firm and a truck driver was governed by California law and not by the Federal Arbitration Act. 

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