On June 23, the U.S. Supreme Court held that a California regulation allowing union organizers to enter an agricultural employer’s property is unconstitutional. The regulation, on the books since the mid-1970s, requires farms to permit unions to speak with and recruit farmworkers in the hour before...

Alcohol beverage importers may finally get their answer from the United States Supreme Court this week on the validity of the Trump Administration’s tariffs issued pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA).[1] Recent news reports suggest that the Court’s answer may come as...

Another month of calm November typically marks the end of a new harvest and the middle of our busiest sales quarter. October’s government shutdown created unbelievable market uncertainty. But with the system back up and Thanksgiving almost normal, stability returned rather than the predicted surges...

What Could be the Impact on Your Business? Is an arbitration agreement that purports to waive the right to bring a Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) claim unenforceable under California law, as the California Supreme Court held years ago in Iskanian v. CLS Transportation Los Angeles, LLC, 59...

AB 51 Ban on Mandatory Arbitration in Employment is Back (Kind Of, And Probably Not For Long) Ninth Circuit Court Lifts Restraining Order on California Implementing a Ban on Mandatory Arbitration as not Being preempted by the Federal Arbitration Act The Ninth Circuit Court panel surprisingly rules...

CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT ADDS TO COST OF DOING BUSINESS BY REQUIRING EMPLOYERS TO PAY FOR MISSED BREAKS AT A HIGHER RATE OF PAY On July 15, 2021, the California Supreme Court decided in Ferra v. Loews Hollywood Hotel, LLC, that employers must pay premium payments to employees for missed meal, rest,...

March 5th – NABI applauds the mutual decision by the United States and the European Union to suspend the debilitating tariffs imposed in the Airbus and Boeing trade disputes resulting from dispute settlement rulings from the World Trade Organization (WTO). “NABI is grateful for the good judgments...

IRVINE, Calif. (February 26, 2021) – In response to the decision of the Superior Court to deny motions for preliminary injunctions restraining the California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board from enforcing the emergency temporary standards, a coalition of agricultural and business...

Thanks to the North Bay Business Journal for the great interview with our very own President, Rich Bouwer as part of their Top Executive’s series. See what Rich had to say about Free Flow and running a business during a pandemic: Free Flow Wines has come a long way since founders Jordan Kivelstadt...