In an unpublished but nonetheless significant opinion, the Ninth Circuit recently affirmed the lower court’s dismissal of a consolidated lawsuit filed by SAG-AFTRA members against their union, finding the claims time-barred and…
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/ Art, Entertainment, & Sports Law, Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law
We invite you to review our newly-posted, July 2025 California Employment Law Notes, a comprehensive review of the latest and most significant developments in California employment law…
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/ Labor & Employment Law
Carranza v. City of Los Angeles, 111 Cal. App. 5th 388 (2025) -
Lilian Carranza, an LAPD captain, learned that a photo of a topless woman who looked like but was not Carranza was circulating electronically among LAPD…
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/ Labor & Employment Law
Ames v. Ohio Dep’t of Youth Servs., 605 U.S. ___, 145 S. Ct. 1540 (2025) -
Marlean Ames, a heterosexual woman, alleged under Title VII that she had been denied a management promotion and demoted based on her sexual…
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/ Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law
Thomas v. Corbyn Restaurant Dev. Corp., 111 Cal. App. 5th 439 (2025) -
The parties involved in this personal injury lawsuit settled the case for $475,000. An unknown third-party purporting to be plaintiff’s counsel sent…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Finance & Banking, Science, Computers, & Technology
Velarde v. Monroe Operations, LLC, 111 Cal. App. 5th 1009 (2025) -
The Court noted “[t]here was extensive evidence of procedural unconscionability, with an adhesive contract, buried in a stack of 31 documents to be signed as…
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/ Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Commercial Law & Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
Allison v. Dignity Health, 112 Cal. App. 5th 192 (2025) -
Two former registered nurses filed a putative class action against their former employer, alleging various wage and hour claims…
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/ Civil Procedure, Electronic Discovery, Labor & Employment Law
Lampkin v. County of Los Angeles, 2025 WL 1874669 (Cal. Ct. App. 2025) -
D’Andre Lampkin, a deputy in the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, investigated a man whom he believed was soliciting a prostitute. (In reality,…
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/ Civil Remedies, Labor & Employment Law
CRST Expedited, Inc. v. Superior Court, 2025 WL 1874891 (Cal. Ct. App. 2025) -
Espiridion Sanchez filed this PAGA action against his former employer on behalf of himself and other allegedly “aggrieved employees.”…
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Allos v. Poway Unified Sch. Dist., 2025 WL 1864797 (Cal. Ct. App. 2025) -
Kheloud Allos sued her former employer, the Poway Unified School District, for alleged violations of the FEHA and the Labor Code based on the…
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/ Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
As we’ve previously reported, the California Legislature last year passed and Governor Newsom signed into law AB 2499, which expanded existing leave requirements for California employers. Prior to passage of AB 2499, California…
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/ Labor & Employment Law
As we have previously reported here and here, “nuclear” verdicts from California juries in employment discrimination and harassment cases have become increasingly common over the past few years. Although these massive verdicts…
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/ Civil Procedure, Civil Remedies, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
A California jury did it again! Last Thursday, a Los Angeles jury awarded $27.5 million to a former chief nursing officer of a hospital for the alleged post-traumatic stress disorder and other psychological problems she…
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/ Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Civil Remedies, Labor & Employment Law
On May 19, 2025, Proskauer attorneys successfully compelled to arbitration an employment discrimination lawsuit that had been filed in the Los Angeles Superior Court. While the former employee claimed that she never signed the…
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/ Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law
We invite you to review our newly-posted, May 2025 California Employment Law Notes, a comprehensive review of the latest and most significant developments in California employment law. The highlights include:
Apple Studio’s…
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/ Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law, Taxation
