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On September 28, 2015, the United States Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”) does not preempt the California Supreme Court’s ruling in Iskanian v. CLS [...]

Pennington Lawson was ranked this year by San Francisco Business Times as one of the largest women-owned businesses in the San Francisco Bay Area. Pennington Lawson was one of only five law firms [...]

Scott and Lisa Lawson were named Northern California Super Lawyers for 2015, both in the practice area of employment law.  Super Lawyers is a rating service that identifies outstanding attorneys [...]

By Lisa Lawson and Scott Lawson July 23, 2015 On July 13, 2015, California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law emergency legislation amending the Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act [...]

By Lisa Lawson and Scott Lawson April 2, 2015 In September, Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law groundbreaking legislation requiring employers of all sizes to provide each of their employees with a [...]