Nuño v. California State Univ., 47 Cal. App. 5th 799 (2020) -
Anthony Nuño, an assistant college professor, represented himself in this lawsuit against California State University, Bakersfield, in which he alleged...more
Anthony v. TRAX Int’l Corp., 955 F.3d 1123 (9th Cir. 2020) -
After Sunny Anthony filed suit, alleging she was terminated because of her disability, the employer (TRAX) learned that contrary to her representation on her...more
Reynaud v. Technicolor Creative Servs. USA, Inc., 46 Cal. App. 5th 1007 (2020) -
Plaintiffs Michael and Fiona Reynaud (both British citizens) sued Michael’s former employer, Technicolor, for negligence based upon its...more
Pinter-Brown v. The Regents of the Univ. of Cal., 2020 WL 1950808 (Cal. Ct. App. 2020) -
The California Court of Appeal reversed a $13 million judgment that was entered against UCLA in favor of one of its former...more
The California Chamber of Commerce has just identified 10 recently introduced “job killer” bills that have been proposed by the California legislature.
Worth noting are the following...more
As if there weren’t enough to worry about, Los Angeles employers may face an even tougher challenge to prevail at trial in the aftermath of the Coronavirus pandemic, the trial consulting firm Dispute Dynamics suggests in its...more
In Pinter-Brown v. Regents of the University of California, the California Court of Appeal’s Second Appellate District recently reversed a blockbuster $13 million judgment that was entered against UCLA in favor of one of its...more
5/14/2020
/ Arbitration ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Constructive Discharge ,
Emotional Distress Damages ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Jury Awards ,
Jury Verdicts ,
Punitive Damages ,
Title VII
When courts begin to ramp-up operations and start to impanel juries again for the thousands of backlogged civil and criminal trials, the composition of the jury pool may look different, suggests Dispute Dynamics....more
Though much attention has been paid to state price gouging laws, several states without price gouging laws have nevertheless been active enforcers. Governors in many of these states have issued executive orders empowering...more
On May 6, 2020, Governor Newsom issued Executive Order N-62-20, which creates a time-limited rebuttable presumption that workers who are still reporting to their employer’s workplace and who test positive for COVID-19 are...more
Today, the Attorney General of California and the City Attorneys for Los Angeles, San Francisco, and San Diego filed a lawsuit against Uber and Lyft, alleging that the companies willfully misclassify their drivers. The suit...more
Today, the California Court of Appeal reversed a blockbuster $13 million judgment that was entered against UCLA in favor of one of its former professors of medicine, Dr. Lauren Pinter-Brown. Dr. Pinter-Brown sued for alleged...more
Employers who have laid off workers due to COVID-19 may soon be required to rehire the laid off workers before they can hire any new employees.
The Los Angeles City Council unanimously approved a measure giving specified...more
On March 27, 2020, the Los Angeles City Council approved a new ordinance that would have required Los Angeles employers to provide up to 80 hours of supplemental sick leave relating to COVID-19. The broadly-worded ordinance...more
On Tuesday, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti issued two new public orders in response to COVID-19’s continued growth and effect on essential businesses. Both of these public orders go into effect on Friday, April 10....more
4/9/2020
/ CARES Act ,
Commercial Use ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Essential Functions ,
Face-Filtering ,
Logistics ,
Operators of Essential Services ,
Public Health ,
Relief Measures ,
Social Distancing ,
Supply Chain ,
Workplace Safety
Today, March 19, 2020, Gov. Gavin Newsom issued Executive Order N-33-20 requiring all individuals living in California to “stay home or at their place of residence except as necessary to maintain continuity of operations of...more
Rizo v. Yovino, 2020 WL 946053 (9th Cir. 2020) (en banc) -
Aileen Rizo, a female math teacher, brought a claim under the Equal Pay Act (“EPA”) against the Fresno County Superintendent of Schools for paying her...more
Frlekin v. Apple Inc., 2020 WL 727813 (Cal. S. Ct. 2020) -
In this opinion, the California Supreme Court answered a question certified to it by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit: “Is time spent on...more
Today March 12, 2020, the California Supreme Court issued its long-awaited opinion in Kim v. Reins Int’l Cal., Inc., holding that an employee’s settlement and dismissal of underlying Labor Code claims does not deprive the...more
As we reported yesterday, cities and counties across California are issuing orders to slow the spread of COVID-19. Since our last post, Orange County and the City of Palm Springs have joined the list....more
This morning, California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an Executive Order that allows a California employer that is conducting layoffs due to the COVID-19 pandemic to use the newly-created “unforeseen business circumstances”...more
Gulf Offshore Logistics, LLC v. Superior Court, 2020 WL 772610 (Cal. Ct. App. 2020) -
Non-California resident crew members of the “Adele Elise” (a vessel that provides services to oil platforms located off the coast of...more
Bingener v. City of Los Angeles, 44 Cal. App. 5th 134 (2019) -
Kim Rushton, an employee of the City of Los Angeles, struck and killed a pedestrian (Ralph Bingener) while Rushton was driving to work at the Hyperion...more
St. Myers v. Dignity Health, 44 Cal. App. 5th 301 (2019) -
Carla St. Myers worked as a nurse practitioner at a rural clinic that was part of a medical center owned and operated by Dignity Health. During her three years of...more
Techno Lite, Inc. v. Emcod, LLC, 44 Cal. App. 5th 462 (2020) -
Techno Lite employees Scott Drucker and Arik Nirenberg entered into an agreement with Techno Lite not to compete with Techno Lite while they were still...more