Labor/Employment
Feb. 28, 2024
Employers fight state, federal rulings on PAGA claims
The filings are the latest efforts by employers in their battle against plaintiffs’ attorneys who file complaints under PAGA, a 2004 California law that allows aggrieved workers to file lawsuits to recover civil penalties on behalf of themselves, other employees and the state for Labor Code violations.
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, representing two employers, continued its legal battle this week against state and federal court rulings that allow a plaintiff’s labor law claims under California’s Private Attorneys General Act to be decided in court.
Theane D. Evangelis, a Gibson Dunn partner, filed a reply brief Tuesday arguing that California courts are ignoring a 2022 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that state law provides no mechanism to a...
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