Sep 28, 2020Employees are too reluctant to assert their legal rightsMy latest cases against Walgreens and Uber show how big business has convinced most employees not to stand up for themselves — and the importance of choosing to do new things to get to new places in life For the past two years my law firm has been representing California…Employee Rights11 min read
Jun 18, 2020Don’t Worry about Your Employer RetaliatingBig businesses and business people threaten and file lawsuits all the time, recognizing the lawsuit for what it is — a mechanism for getting what you’re entitled to (or might be). California employees sue their employers all the time, often for wages, sometimes for discrimination, sexual harassment, etc. But usually…Uber6 min read
Jun 18, 2020Equity Compensation — Has the Promise of Wealth Become Illusory?The Lure of Equity Compensation For decades startups have offered equity to lure talent — at below market salaries — with the promise of future wealth. During the dot.com boom that began in 1995 and peaked in March 2000, the Nasdaq Composite stock market index rose by 440% closing at…Equity7 min read
Published in The Startup·Jun 18, 2020How Uber Increased Employees’ Income Tax LiabilityJust one more way equity incentives often aren’t worth what employees were led to believe, but this time employees have a remedy. In May 2019 Uber Technologies, Inc. finally went public in an $8 billion IPO. The $45 per share IPO price valued the company at $82.4 billion. Uber delivered…Equity11 min read
