On Monday, the Ninth Circuit vacated a judgment for Grubhub, Inc. and against a former food delivery driver, Raef Lawson, who claimed that he was misclassified as an independent contractor when he performed food delivery...more
9/23/2021
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Appeals ,
California ,
Class Action ,
Employment Litigation ,
GrubHub ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Independent Contractors ,
Minimum Wage ,
Misclassification ,
Over-Time ,
Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) ,
Reimbursements ,
Vacated ,
Wage and Hour
On September 21, 2020, in a published 2-1 opinion in Doe v. Google Inc., the California Court of Appeal (Dist. 1, Div. 4), permitted three current and former Google employees to proceed with their challenge of Google’s...more
10/29/2020
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California ,
Confidentiality Agreements ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Free Speech ,
Google ,
NLRA ,
Pleading Standards ,
Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) ,
State and Local Government ,
Whistleblowers
In a 2010 decision, Stolt-Nielsen S. A. v. Animalfeeds International Corp., the United States Supreme Court held that parties may not be compelled to submit to class arbitration under the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) unless...more
5/1/2019
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Appeals ,
Arbitration ,
Arbitration Agreements ,
Class Arbitration ,
Consent ,
Federal Arbitration Act ,
Federal v State Law Application ,
Jurisdiction ,
Lamps Plus Inc v Varela ,
Motion to Compel ,
Preemption ,
Reversal ,
SCOTUS