California's Private Attorneys General Act, better known as PAGA, has been in effect since 2004. PAGA allows employees to sue their employer on behalf of the state for virtually any claimed California Labor Code violation for...more
7/17/2024
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Earlier this week, a Ninth Circuit panel ruled, in the case of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America v. Bonta, that California’s Assembly Bill (AB) 51, which had forbidden California employers from requiring...more
This week, in an 8-1 decision, the United States Supreme Court ruled in the case of Moriana v. Viking River Cruises, Inc., that the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) overrules, in part, California Supreme Court authority limiting...more
California’s Private Attorney’s General Act (“PAGA”) has created an extremely friendly litigation environment for employees in California. While the 2021 Ninth Circuit decision in Bernstein v. Virgin Am., Inc., 3 F.4th 1127...more
5/17/2022
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