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Superior Courts Officially Have the Discretion to Stay Later-Filed PAGA Actions

By Timothy Long & Rana Ayazi on July 26, 2022
Posted in California, California L&E Group, Employer, Employment Law, Featured, PAGA

In Shaw v. Superior Court, 78 Cal. App. 5th 245 (2022), the California Court of Appeal held that trial courts have discretion to apply the doctrine of exclusive…
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May Courts Strike Unmanageable PAGA Claims? California Supreme Court to Answer

By Erik Christensen on July 20, 2022
Posted in California, California L&E Group, class action, PAGA, Wage & Hour

Do trial courts have inherent authority to strike or narrow Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) claims they deem unmanageable? On June 22, 2022, the California Supreme Court agreed to resolve…
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In Viking River Cruises, US Supreme Court Sides With Employers: Individual PAGA Claims Are Arbitrable – For Now

By Timothy Long & Rana Ayazi on June 17, 2022
Posted in California, California L&E Group, Employer, FAA, Featured, GT Alert, PAGA, Supreme Court

In a victory for California employers, the U.S. Supreme Court held in Viking River Cruises, Inc. v. Moriana that the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) requires enforcement of arbitration agreements that…
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California Court of Appeals are Split on Whether Employers Can Dismiss a PAGA Claim Based on Manageability

By Timothy Long & Rana Ayazi on May 5, 2022
Posted in California, California L&E Group, collective action, Employee Policies, Employer, Employment Law, Featured, Labor & Employment, PAGA, State Law, wages, Workplace

In Estrada v. Royalty Carpet Mills, Inc., 76 Cal. App. 5th 685 (2022), the California Court of Appeal, in relevant part, reversed a trial court’s order decertifying a subclass…
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At Long Last: The End of the PAGA Era?

By Matthew J. Weber & Timothy Long on January 19, 2022
Posted in California, California L&E Group, Employment Law, Featured, Legislation, Litigation, PAGA

There might be a light flickering at the end of a dark tunnel California employers have been walking through for more than 15 years. In December 2021, California’s Secretary of…
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Strike That! PAGA Claims Must be Manageable

By Chuck Birenbaum & Tayanah C. Miller on September 17, 2021
Posted in California, California L&E Group, Featured, Litigation, PAGA, State Law, Wage & Hour, wages

On Sept. 9, 2021, the California Court of Appeal in Wesson v. Staples The Office Superstore, LLC,  supported what employers have been arguing since Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA)…
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Employers Must Brace For PAGA-Like Bills Across US

By Charles O. Thompson, Anthony E. Guzman II & Linda Ricci on June 21, 2021
Posted in California L&E Group, Featured, Litigation, PAGA
If you’re an employer in California, you’ve heard of PAGA — California’s controversial Private Attorneys General Act, which took the employment litigation landscape by storm over the course of the

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Ninth Circuit Grounds Imposition of ‘Subsequent’ PAGA Penalties Prior to Court or Labor Commissioner Citation, But Lets Waiting Time Penalties and Other Labor Code Violations Soar for Interstate Employers

By Adil M. Khan on April 2, 2021
Posted in California, California L&E Group, Featured, Litigation, PAGA

In Bernstein v. Virgin America, Inc., on February, 23, 2021, the Ninth Circuit issued a decision that’s a mixed bag for employers. Bernstein v. Virgin Am., Inc., No.
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PAGA: It Doesn’t Matter Where You Live or Work

By Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Matthew J. Weber & Timothy Long on February 22, 2021
Posted in California L&E Group, PAGA, State Law

On Wednesday, a panel of the California Court of Appeal’s First District unanimously held that venue for an action alleging violation of California’s Private Attorneys General Act (“PAGA”) is proper…
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