Seyfarth Synopsis: The Fourth District joined the Second District in issuing another published decision holding that plaintiffs do not lose representative standing once their individual PAGA claims are compelled to...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: Another panel from the Second Appellate District issued an opinion, following Galarsa, Piplack, and Gregg, holding that a PAGA plaintiff compelled to individual arbitration retains standing to bring a...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: The Fourth Appellate District provides further support that plaintiffs do not lose representative standing once their individual PAGA claims are compelled to arbitration. In doing so, it rejected the...more
Seyfarth’s Wage Hour Litigation practice group is excited to share this inaugural post in our new series, PAGA Paraphrased. The everchanging world of PAGA is full of verbose opinions, unwieldy statutory language, and a unique...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: The California Supreme Court holds that employers must promptly pay final wages owed to employees who quit, including those who retire, or risk paying steep statutory penalties under California Labor Code...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: California Court of Appeal holds that (1) an outside attorney’s investigation can be privileged even though the attorney simply investigated facts, and (2) the employer does not waive the privilege simply...more
7/11/2016
/ Affirmative Defenses ,
Attorney-Client Privilege ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Discovery ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Internal Investigations ,
Outside Counsel ,
Retaliation ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Work-Product Doctrine ,
Young Lawyers
With President Obama’s recent nomination of Judge Merrick B. Garland of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to the U.S. Supreme Court, we thought our loyal readers would be interested to learn a little about Judge...more
4/12/2016
/ Administrative Remedies ,
Denial of Benefits ,
Disability Benefits ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Exhaustion Doctrine ,
Judicial Appointments ,
Merrick Garland ,
PBGC ,
Pension Benefits ,
Pensions ,
Preemption ,
SCOTUS ,
Settlement Agreements
Gig economy workers would gain the right to collectively bargain for benefits and wages under groundbreaking legislative amendments introduced in California this week by Assembly Member Lorena Gonzalez (D-San Diego). The...more
In a welcome decision for retailers, a federal district court in California, after granting the plaintiffs’ motion for class certification, granted Apple’s motion for summary judgment against the class, holding the time that...more