By Mani Dabiri | Published November 14, 2019 | Posted in Civil Business Litigation and Investigations | Tagged Tags: classactions, laborandemployment |
A Class of World-Class Footballers
The federal court in Los Angeles has certified a class action in the case of soccer players from the U.S. women’s national team who have sued over unequal pay. What does that mean? It means the court agreed that the plaintiffs should be grouped together as a class because there’s a lot of them, for Read More
Read MoreMake PAGA Great Again
Say what? PAGA refers to a California law that allows employees to sue their employer for labor-code violations on behalf of all fellow employees. It means one person can sue for all violations an employer has committed, even if they only affected other people, as long as at least one affected him or her personally. It’s Read More
Read MoreSCOTUS Curbs Employment Class Actions
On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that employers may use arbitration agreements to make employees waive their right to sue as a class. The case pitted two federal laws against each other. On one hand, the Federal Arbitration Act tells courts to enforce arbitration agreements. On the other hand, the National Labor Relations Act gives Read More
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