An employer dodged a bullet before a California jury this week. But the fact that a class was certified and went to a jury suggests that the plaintiff’s bar is increasingly focused on the adequacy of electronic wage...more
11/10/2017
/ Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Dollar Tree ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Labor Law Violations ,
Retail Market ,
Retailers ,
Wage and Hour ,
Wage Statements
Employers finally won a key victory in California courts in the continuing conflict between mandatory arbitration/class waiver agreements versus representative actions brought under the California Private Attorneys General...more
Tuesday, by a two-to-one vote, the Ninth Circuit joined the California Supreme Court in holding that Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) claims are an exception to the Federal Arbitration Act. In Sakkab v. Luxottica Retail...more
10/1/2015
/ Arbitration ,
AT&T Mobility ,
AT&T Mobility v Concepcion ,
CA Supreme Court ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
CLS Transportation ,
En Banc Review ,
Federal Arbitration Act ,
Iskanian ,
Iskanian v CLS Transportation ,
Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA)
This week, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to grant review in Iskanian v. CLS Transportation Los Angeles, LLC, leaving in place a California Supreme Court holding that pre-dispute arbitration agreements cannot require...more
1/23/2015
/ Arbitration ,
Class Action ,
Class Action Arbitration Waivers ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Contract ,
Federal Arbitration Act ,
Iskanian v CLS Transportation ,
Mandatory Arbitration Clauses ,
Petition for Writ of Certiorari ,
Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) ,
SCOTUS ,
Trucking Industry
The California Supreme Court today confirmed the validity of an employee’s waiver of the right to bring a class action contained in an arbitration agreement. That’s the good news. However, the court also held that these...more