September 09, 2022
In the coming week, attorneys should watch for the potential tossing of a proposed wage and hour class action against Wells Fargo. Here's a look at that case and other labor and employment matters coming up in California.
August 17, 2022
A California Private Attorneys General Act suit claiming breaks and pay violations should go into arbitration, two energy companies told a California federal court, arguing the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Viking River makes clear PAGA claims are arbitrable.
February 04, 2022
A California Private Attorneys General Act suit claiming a gas company failed to provide a former employee with breaks or correctly pay him will be on hold until the U.S. Supreme Court decides whether PAGA actions can avoid arbitration, a federal judge ruled.
February 16, 2021
A lawsuit filed under California's Private Attorneys General Act alleging San Diego Gas & Electric Co. failed to provide breaks or correctly pay wages will remain in federal court, a federal judge held, saying the claims by a former employee relate to a collective bargaining agreement and thus are preempted by federal law.