As employers around the globe are increasingly looking to leverage AI and AI-adjacent automation in their recruiting and personnel processes, California has stepped onto the scene. On June 27, 2025, the California Civil Rights Council approved several changes to the regulations issued under the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA), expressly targeting employment discrimination risks arising from AI and other automated decision systems (FEHA regulations). The new rules take effect Oct. 1, 2025, and have the potential to significantly impact hiring and personnel processes across the state.

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Photo of Vanessa C. Krumbein Vanessa C. Krumbein

Vanessa C. Krumbein focuses her practice on providing compliance-related and strategic advice to corporate clients of all sizes on all aspects of employment law. Vanessa is a go-to point of contact for advice on a wide range of workplace issues, including employee performance

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Vanessa C. Krumbein focuses her practice on providing compliance-related and strategic advice to corporate clients of all sizes on all aspects of employment law. Vanessa is a go-to point of contact for advice on a wide range of workplace issues, including employee performance and discipline, mitigating risk associated with employee terminations, compliance with wage and hour and disability accommodation laws, reorganizations and reductions in force, pay transparency, background checks, paid time off issues, workplace complaints, and a variety of other employment matters. Vanessa also works closely with clients to draft and implement employee handbooks and other personnel policies with the goal of making them easy to understand by employees, provides training on maintaining discrimination and harassment-free workplaces, and conducts investigations to address employee complaints of unfair treatment. Vanessa also has experience working on employment issues unique to clients in the media and entertainment sector.

Vanessa is also a go-to source for creating employment documents of all types (such as employment and independent contractor agreements, arbitration agreements, non-competes, confidential information, and IP protection agreements, commission and bonus agreements, and severance packages), and is regularly engaged to conduct audits of workplace wage and hour practices. Vanessa also handles employment-related issues and diligence in M&A transactions and counsels on post-merger employee integration matters. Vanessa regularly partners with clients and colleagues across the globe.

Vanessa has a considerable litigation background which gives her a unique perspective when counseling clients on employment best practices. Vanessa has experience litigating class actions, single-plaintiff, and multi-party civil cases, representing employers in state and federal court on a wide range of labor and employment matters, including, for example, claims of discrimination, retaliation, harassment, wrongful termination, violations of privacy, violations of leave laws, wage and hour disputes, and in responding to and negotiating resolution of charges filed with administrative agencies.

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Photo of Jonathan A. Schaub Jonathan A. Schaub

Jonathan A. Schaub is a skilled litigator and trial attorney with broad experience defending employers against claims asserted in state and federal courts and arbitration. Jonathan regularly defends wage and hour class actions, PAGA and representative actions, and single-plaintiff actions concerning allegations of…

Jonathan A. Schaub is a skilled litigator and trial attorney with broad experience defending employers against claims asserted in state and federal courts and arbitration. Jonathan regularly defends wage and hour class actions, PAGA and representative actions, and single-plaintiff actions concerning allegations of wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment, and retaliation, as well as matters involving trade secret misappropriation and whistleblower retaliation.

Jonathan also routinely handles high-value business disputes, complex commercial litigation, and consumer class actions, including claims relating to unfair competition, breaches of contract and fiduciary duties, privacy, intellectual property, and corporate governance.

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