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Since PAGA's enactment, several California court decisions have protected employees' rights to maintain PAGA lawsuits. In Arias v. Superior Court (2009), the California Supreme Court expanded PAGA's scope by holding that a plaintiff can raise a representative PAGA action without satisfying the heightened standards required for a typical class ...
Unable to afford to fight these claims, another non-profit member that operates in Southern California settled a PAGA lawsuit for $335,000. The plaintiffs’ attorneys received $195,000, while ...
After Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis, which reiterated the FAA's preemption of most state laws opposing arbitration, corporations again questioned the viability of PAGA claims. Angie Moriana worked as a sales representative for Viking River Cruises from 2016 to 2017. Her employment contract included an arbitration clause, but after she left Viking ...
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California Assembly Bill 5 (2019) California State Legislature; Full name: An act to amend Section 3351 of, and to add Section 2750.3 to, the Labor Code, and to amend Sections 606.5 and 621 of the Unemployment Insurance Code, relating to employment, and making an appropriation therefor
A unique California law called the Private Attorney General Act, or PAGA, allows workers to sue for employment law violations on behalf of the state and keep one-quarter of any money they win.
In the field of law and economics, the English rule is a rule controlling assessment of lawyers' fees arising out of litigation.The English rule provides that the party that loses in court pays the other party's legal costs.