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U.S. Supreme Court Delivers Bombshell PAGA Ruling in Favor of Employers

On June 15, 2022, in a blockbuster case known as Viking River Cruises, Inc. v. Moriana, the U.S. Supreme Court finally answered a burning employment law issue here in California – whether California’s rule prohibiting the use of arbitration agreements to force an employee to waive her right…

CA Supreme Court Rules that PAGA Claims Survive Even if Underlying Claims are Settled

California employment law is notoriously volatile.  The ever-changing landscape – especially as related to Labor Code violations and cases brought under California’s wide-ranging Private Attorneys General Act (“PAGA”), which authorizes representative actions for Labor Code violations – can make it challenging for employers to find certainty in how…