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In Laffitte v. Robert Half International, Inc. (2016) 1 Cal.5th 480, the California Supreme Court upheld an award of common fund attorney fees in a class action settlement. The introduction to the opinion gives a good summary of the facts and holding: A class action employment lawsuit settled before trial for $19 million, with the

The California Supreme Court has issued an important decision on the availability of class arbitration: Sandquist v. Lebo Automotive, Inc. (2016) 1 Cal.5th 233. Timothy Sandquist worked for Lebo Automotive, Inc., as a car salesman. On Sandquist’s first day of employment, his manager gave him approximately 100 pages of forms to complete as a condition of

Jennifer Augustus worked for ABM Security Services as a security guard. ABM required its guards to keep their pagers and radios on and to remain vigilant and responsive as needed during their rest periods. Augustus sued ABM in 2005 for violating California’s rest period requirements. The trial court certified a class, granted summary judgment for

Jennifer Augustus worked for ABM Security Services as a security guard. ABM required its guards to keep their pagers and radios on and to remain vigilant and responsive as needed during their rest periods. Augustus sued ABM in 2005 for violating California’s rest period requirements. The trial court certified a class, granted summary judgment for

If you read my blog regularly (or used to), you’ve noticed that I haven’t written in quite a while. Other than recently advertising my Advanced Mediation Conference, I haven’t posted at all since May. Well, that’s changing with the new year. My resolution is to get back to the business of keeping my blog up

In Campbell-Ewald Co. v. Gomez (SCOTUS 1/21/16) (discussed here), the Supreme Court of the United States held that an unaccepted offer to satisfy the named plaintiff ’s individual claim does not render a putative class action moot. The Court did not decide the following issue: We need not, and do not, now decide whether

Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton, LLP v. J-M Manufacturing Co., Inc. (2016) 244 Cal.App.4th 590 is not an employment law case, but it raises an interesting arbitration issue that may end up having an impact on employment law practice. The California Supreme Court granted review on April 27, and the issues presented are listed as