Hillary Baca

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• Press Release

  Nixon Peabody advises Galway Sustainable Capital in strategic sustainable agriculture investment

  Nixon Peabody LLP is proud to have recently represented Galway Sustainable Capital in its strategic investment in Yield Resource Management Group (Yield RMG), a privately held developer and manager of sustainable agriculture, water and energy products. Read the press release.
  Feb 17, 2023
• Law360

  Top arbitration developments of 2021

  This 2021 roundup of arbitration developments related to wage and hour law quotes San Francisco Labor & Employment associate Hillary Baca related to a September ruling in Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America v. Bonta, when a Ninth Circuit panel found that California’s A.B. 51, which cracks down on arbitration agreements, doesn’t run afoul of the Federal Arbitration Act.
  Dec 22, 2021
• Law360

  The biggest wage and hour cases of 2021

  This article looking at the year’s top wage and hour rulings quotes San Francisco Labor & Employment associate Hillary Baca on how the retroactive application of the California Supreme Court’s Dynamex ruling, which made it harder for companies to classify workers as independent contractors, could impact employers.
  Dec 20, 2021
• Politico Pro

  Employer conundrum: To test or not to test?

  San Francisco Labor & Employment associate Hillary Baca, also a member of the firm’s Cannabis practice, is quoted in this article on how pressures of the recent labor shortage and changing attitudes toward cannabis have some employers reconsidering drug-testing policies. The article is based on a client alert Hillary co-authored with Rochester Labor & Employment partner Kim Harding.
  Oct 5, 2021
• Engineering News-Record

  U.S. Appeals Court says gig worker rules apply in California trucking

  This article, covering a recent Ninth Circuit ruling that California Assembly Bill 5 applies to the trucking industry in California, quotes San Francisco Labor & Employment associate Hillary Baca on the challenges it could create for commercial trucking companies.
  May 4, 2021
• Law360

  Retroactive Dynamex Exposes CA Employers to Wage Suits

  In this analysis of the California Supreme Court’s opinion that Dynamex applies retroactively, San Francisco Labor & Employment associate Hillary Baca provides commentary on potential implications for pending worker-classification cases as well as those coming down the pipeline.
  Jan 15, 2021
• Marijuana Venture

  On High Alert: Running a Retail Business in the Age of the COVID Pandemic

  San Francisco partner Alison Torbitt, who co-leads NP’s Food, Beverage & Agribusiness team, and San Francisco Labor & Employment associate Hilary Baca co-wrote this contributed article on how cannabis retailers can revamp their stores and policies to stay in compliance with state and local laws, while helping to prevent the spread of communicable illnesses to customers and employees.
  Aug 10, 2020
• Cannabis Business Executive

  Marijuana Social Clubs: How Colorado is Setting the Pace

  This article, on the reopening of Colorado’s marijuana hospitality industry, cites a recent NP alert that details guidelines for cannabis retailers to consider for revamping operations without spreading communicable illnesses. Cannabis Business Executive also re-published the complete NP alert, written by San Francisco Affordable Housing & Real Estate partner Alison Torbitt; Los Angeles Intellectual Property partner, Litigation Department vice-chair, and Fashion practice leader Staci Riordan; and San Francisco Labor & Employment associates Hillary Baca and Rachel Conn.
  June 17, 2020
• Daily Journal

  How employers can prepare for expected waves of coronavirus-related litigation

  Labor and Employment partner Bonnie Glatzer and associates Hillary Baca and Jade Butman, all in San Francisco, contributed this article on potential coronavirus-related litigation matters that California employers should be aware of, and how employers can prepare for possible lawsuits.
  June 3, 2020
• <a href="https://www.jckonline.com/editorial-article/signet-furloughs-workers/" target="_blank">JCK Magazine</a>

  Signet furloughs workers, appoints accounting officer

  This leading trade publication in the jewelry industry quotes San Francisco Labor and Employment associate Hillary Baca, who explained in a recent industry webinar why many employers prefer furloughs to layoffs during this time of economic uncertainty.
  March 31, 2020