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      • Creating Value in Agtech: The Role of Intellectual Property
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      • New California Employment Laws Are on The Way
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      • Leading Northern California Litigation Attorney Stephan Barber Joins JRG Attorneys at Law
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      • Murphy Oil: Use of Employee Arbitration Agreements Affirmed By U.S. Supreme Court
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      • Moral Turpitude Clauses in the Time of Social Media
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      • Immigration agents target 7-Eleven stores in nationwide sweep...
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      • What's The Matter Here? MICRA California
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      • About bringing ICE agents to your defense at the Labor Commissioner’s Office…
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      • Amending a Contract: Why and How
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