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Laid Off With RSUs in California: When Lost Equity Creates Severance Leverage

Laid Off With RSUs in California: When Lost Equity Creates Severance Leverage

by Matthew Ruggles | Feb 8, 2026 | Severance Agreements, Wrongful Termination

If you were laid off with RSUs in California, the first thing you probably heard was some version of this: “Unvested equity is forfeited. There’s nothing we can do.” For many employees, that statement comes right before a severance agreement lands in their inbox and a...
When Do You Have Legal Leverage to Negotiate a Bigger Severance Package in California?

When Do You Have Legal Leverage to Negotiate a Bigger Severance Package in California?

by Matthew Ruggles | Feb 4, 2026 | Severance Agreements, Wrongful Termination

Most California employees hear the same script when they are laid off or terminated: “This is our standard severance.” “It’s not negotiable.” “This is the best we can do.” Sometimes that is true. More often, it is positioning. In California, there is generally no...
How Executives Negotiate Severance After a Merger or Layoff

How Executives Negotiate Severance After a Merger or Layoff

by Matthew Ruggles | Jan 9, 2026 | Severance Agreements

How executives negotiate severance after a merger or layoff is rarely discussed openly, even though mergers are routinely sold as exercises in efficiency, synergy, and strategic alignment. For corporate executives, however, mergers often carry a quieter subtext:...
How We Tripled a California Enterprise Sales Executive’s Severance

How We Tripled a California Enterprise Sales Executive’s Severance

by Matthew Ruggles | Jan 6, 2026 | Severance Agreements, Wrongful Termination

California severance negotiation is rarely straightforward for high-earning enterprise sales executives. When compensation is driven by commissions tied to large, long-cycle deals, severance discussions often intersect with disputes over earned commissions, clawback...
Will My Employer Revoke a Severance Offer If I Try to Negotiate in California?

Will My Employer Revoke a Severance Offer If I Try to Negotiate in California?

by Matthew Ruggles | Dec 27, 2025 | Severance Agreements, Wrongful Termination

You’ve been offered severance. You read it once. Then again. And the same thought keeps coming back: this feels low. It is not generous. It does not reflect your time, your role, or the way things actually ended. You suspect you may have leverage to ask for more, but...
Negotiating Severance for California Finance and Fintech Employees

Negotiating Severance for California Finance and Fintech Employees

by Matthew Ruggles | Dec 16, 2025 | Severance Agreements, Wrongful Termination

If you work in finance, fintech, or financial technology and were just laid off in California, you are probably staring at a severance agreement and wondering what happens next. Questions about bonuses, RSUs, and equity come up immediately, especially when your...
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