Wage and Hour, Viking River Cruises Inc v Moriana, Labor Code

California Appellate Courts Split on “Headless” PAGA Standing: CRST Expedited Permits Broad Claims, While Leeper Awaits Review

Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP on 8/5/2025

A recent decision from California’s Fifth District Court of Appeal has deepened the divide among state courts on a critical issue under the Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA): whether a plaintiff may pursue representative...more

PAGA plaintiffs still have standing to pursue “representative” claims in court, even after individual claims are sent to...

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 8/10/2023

One month after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected California’s ban on enforcing agreements that require the individual arbitration of claims under the Private Attorneys General Act of 2004, the California Supreme Court granted...more

California Supreme Court Clarifies PAGA Standing When “Individual PAGA Claims” Have Been Compelled to Arbitration

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 7/25/2023

On July 17, 2023, the California Supreme Court decided an important state law issue raised by the United States Supreme Court’s decision in Viking River Cruises, Inc. v. Moriana, 142 S. Ct. 1906 (2022). Viking River Cruises...more

Fording Viking River, Another California Court of Appeal Holds That PAGA Plaintiffs Maintain Standing to Pursue “Representative”...

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 4/6/2023

California’s Private Attorneys General Act of 2004 (“PAGA”) allows employees to act as an “agent” of the State of California and recover civil penalties for violations of the Labor Code through a civil action filed on behalf...more

California Court of Appeal Holds That a PAGA Plaintiff Maintains Standing to Assert Representative Claims Even When Individual...

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 3/23/2023

On February 2, 2023, the California Court of Appeal issued an important follow-up decision to the United States Supreme Court’s decision in Viking River Cruises, Inc. v. Moriana, — U.S. —, 142 S. Ct. 1906 (2022). Galarsa v....more

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California Appellate Courts Split on “Headless” PAGA Standing: CRST Expedited Permits Broad Claims, While Leeper Awaits Review

PAGA plaintiffs still have standing to pursue “representative” claims in court, even after individual claims are sent to...

California Supreme Court Clarifies PAGA Standing When “Individual PAGA Claims” Have Been Compelled to Arbitration

Fording Viking River, Another California Court of Appeal Holds That PAGA Plaintiffs Maintain Standing to Pursue “Representative”...

California Court of Appeal Holds That a PAGA Plaintiff Maintains Standing to Assert Representative Claims Even When Individual...

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