Law Prohibits Employers from Preventing Employees to Obtain Future Employment in Settlements
On October 12, 2019, Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Assembly Bill 749 which created Code of Civil Procedure § 1002.5, effective...
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Irvine Law Group
- Sep 4, 2020
- 1 min
Fast & Furious Arbitration
This case law update brought to you by WageFraud.com employment law attorneys. The following is not one of our cases, but it is of some...
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Irvine Law Group
- Sep 4, 2020
- 1 min
Apple Waiting and Exit Search Times
This case law update brought to you by WageFraud.com employment law attorneys. The following is not one of our cases, but it is of some...
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Irvine Law Group
- Aug 11, 2020
- 2 min
O’Reilly Auto Written Rest Break Policy Class Action
O’Reilly Auto Written Rest Break Policy Class Action
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Irvine Law Group
- Aug 11, 2020
- 3 min
Class Action by NFL Players against the NFL
Dent v. Nat’l Football League (9th Cir. 19-16017 8/7/20) § 301 LMRA Preemption The panel affirmed in part and reversed in part the...
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Irvine Law Group
- Jul 10, 2020
- 2 min
PAGA/CAFA: Employer Could Not Remove Case to Federal Court
LILIANA CANELA,Plaintiff-Appellee v. COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant. The panel vacated the district court’s summary...
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Irvine Law Group
- Jul 10, 2020
- 2 min
PAGA/Blow-Up Provision
NICHOLE KEC, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF ORANGE COUNTY, Respondent; R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, et al., It is the...
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Irvine Law Group
- Nov 19, 2016
- 1 min
Iskanian precludes employer from compelling employee to arbitrate any portion of employee’s claim un
Tanguilig v. Bloomingdale’s - filed Nov. 16, 2016, First District, Div. Five Iskanian v. CLS Transportation Los Angeles, LLC (2014) 59...
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Irvine Law Group
- Nov 17, 2016
- 1 min
Tumor, although not cancerous, limited a major life activity and constituted a disability under the
Soria v. Univision Radio Los Angeles, Inc. - filed Nov. 15, 2016, Second District, Div. Seven Plaintiff stated a prima facile case of...
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Irvine Law Group
- Nov 12, 2016
- 2 min
FEHA Age Discrimination/Retaliation
Dinslage v. City and County of San Francisco. David P. Dinslage is a former employee of Recreation and Parks Department (the Department)...
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Irvine Law Group
- Nov 7, 2016
- 1 min
Payroll service not considered additional employer
For purposes of Labor Code claims predicated on allegations that her direct employer failed to compensate her as required by the code,...
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Irvine Law Group
- Nov 5, 2016
- 1 min
Gender-based hostile work environmental claim not preempted under Labor Management Relations Act
District court erred in holding that an employee’s state law gender-based hostile work environmental claim was preempted under Sec. 301...
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Irvine Law Group
- Sep 2, 2016
- 1 min
FEHA Disability Discrimination
Castro-Ramirez v. Dependable Highway Express Plaintiff Luis Castro-Ramirez sued his former employer, Dependable Highway Express, Inc....
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Irvine Law Group
- Aug 24, 2016
- 2 min
Arbitration/Unconscionability/CA Law
Tompkins v. 23andMe, Inc. The panel affirmed the district court’s order enforcing the terms of a Terms of Service agreement, and granting...
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Irvine Law Group
- Aug 23, 2016
- 1 min
Preemption/Municipal Minimum Wage Ordinance
American Hotels & Lodging Ass’n v. City of Los Angeles The American Hotel & Lodging Association and Asian American Hotel Owners...
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Irvine Law Group
- Aug 22, 2016
- 2 min
Misclassification/FLSA/CA Labor Code/NLRA
Morris v. Ernst & Young (9th Cir. 13-16599 8/22/16) The panel vacated the district court’s order compelling individual arbitration in an...
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Irvine Law Group
- Aug 17, 2016
- 1 min
Class Action/Arbitration/PAGA Bifurcation
Young v. REMX In this wage and hour lawsuit, plaintiff Vanessa Young appeals from the trial court’s order compelling arbitration of her...
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Irvine Law Group
- Aug 12, 2016
- 1 min
Class Action - Attorney Fees
Laffitte v. Robert Half International A class action employment lawsuit settled before trial for $19 million, with the agreement that no...
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Irvine Law Group
- Jul 29, 2016
- 1 min
Sexual Harassment & Retaliation/anti-SLAPP
Nam v. Regents of UC The California anti-SLAPP statute was intended to counter the “disturbing increase in lawsuits brought primarily to...
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Irvine Law Group
- Jul 28, 2016
- 1 min
Arbitration: Who Decides?
Sandquist v. Lebo Automotive, Inc. Plaintiff Timothy Sandquist and the various defendants here are parties to an arbitration agreement. ...
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