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Employment Flash - March 2024

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In this issue of Employment Flash: the new DOL rule on independent contractors, SCOTUS’s unanimous Sarbanes-Oxley whistleblower ruling, plus labor law developments in California, Delaware, D.C., New York, the EU, Germany and...more

CDF Labor Law LLP

SCOTUS Set To Weigh In On Whether Courts May Dismiss Actions That Are Referred To Arbitration

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CDF Wage and Hour Task Force – Monthly Blog - Enforceable arbitration agreements continue to provide California employers who are faced with wage and hour claims with significant benefits....more

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California Supreme Court Breaks from Federal Precedent on PAGA

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The California Supreme Court issued a much-anticipated Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) decision in Adolph v. Uber Technologies, Inc. in July, departing from the United States Supreme Court’s 2022 ruling in Viking River...more

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California’s Highest Court Revisits Statutory PAGA Standing: What the Ruling Means for California Employers

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The California Supreme Court has closed the door on the employer-friendly rule the U.S. Supreme Court set out in the case of Viking River Cruises Inc. v. Moriana. There, the Supreme Court held that employees could waive their...more

Proskauer - California Employment Law

Adolph Parts With Viking River, Opening Path for Arbitration-Bound Plaintiffs to Pursue PAGA Claims in Court

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On July 17, 2023, approximately one year after the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Viking River Cruises, the California Supreme Court issued its highly-anticipated decision in Adolph v. Uber Technologies. The Court...more

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Viking River Cruises revisited

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We previously blogged about Viking River Cruises, Inc. v. Moriana, in which the U.S. Supreme Court held that individual employee claims under California’s Labor Code Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) are subject to...more

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California Supreme Court’s Adolph v. Uber Technologies, Inc. Decision Reopens the Door for Representative PAGA Claims in Court

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California employers’ short-lived victory in the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Viking River Cruises v. Moriana last June was substantially undone on Monday by the California Supreme Court’s decision in Adolph v. Uber...more

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PAGA Plaintiffs Can Still Pursue Representative Claims Despite Individual Arbitration

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Seyfarth Synopsis: The California Supreme Court has held that a plaintiff whose individual PAGA claims are compelled to arbitration retains standing to pursue representative PAGA claims in court. Adolph v. Uber Technologies,...more

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California Takes the Match With Adolph Ruling

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Seyfarth Synopsis: The California Supreme Court held that a plaintiff whose individual PAGA claims are compelled to arbitration retains standing to pursue representative PAGA claims in court in Adolph v. Uber Technologies,...more

CDF Labor Law LLP

Stayin’ Alive: California Supreme Court Holds that PAGA Representative Claims Can Remain in State Court During Arbitration of...

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As anticipated, earlier this week, the California Supreme Court broke from the U.S. Supreme Court’s Viking River Cruises v. Moriana decision, and further tipped the scales in favor of PAGA plaintiffs in California by holding...more

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Driving the Narrative: California Supreme Court’s Adolph v. Uber Technologies Decision Shifts Gears, Challenging U.S. Supreme...

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With its decision in Adolph v. Uber Technologies, Inc. (“Adolph”) the California Supreme Court has reignited the debate surrounding arbitration agreements containing waivers of an employee’s right to bring a representative...more

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Discretion: The Better Part of Valor in Defending Against PAGA Claims

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Since the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Viking River Cruises v. Moriana, employers have been implementing and enforcing arbitration agreements requiring employees to arbitrate their individual Private Attorneys’ General...more

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Fording Viking River, Another California Court of Appeal Holds That PAGA Plaintiffs Maintain Standing to Pursue “Representative”...

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California’s Private Attorneys General Act of 2004 (“PAGA”) allows employees to act as an “agent” of the State of California and recover civil penalties for violations of the Labor Code through a civil action filed on behalf...more

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Supreme Court Upholds Representative Action Waivers In Employee Arbitration Agreements

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Case Overview - On June 15, 2022, the United States Supreme Court issued its decision in Viking River Cruises, Inc. v. Moriana, No. 20-1573. The Court held that the rule from Iskanian v. CLS Transportation Los Angeles,...more

Proskauer - California Employment Law

The U.S. Supreme Court Says PAGA Representative Action Waivers Are Enforceable After All

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On June 15, 2022, in Viking River Cruises, Inc. v. Moriana, Case No. 20-1573,_ U.S. _ (2022), by an 8-1 majority, the U.S. States Supreme Court held that the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”) preempts the California Supreme...more

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Supreme Court Permits Arbitration of Individual PAGA Claims

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The United States Supreme Court’s decision in Viking River Cruises v. Moriana will dramatically impact employers’ rights to enforce arbitration agreements related to claims under California’s Private Attorneys General Act...more

CDF Labor Law LLP

US Supreme Court Raids California’s PAGA Jurisprudence in Viking River

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Wednesday, the United States Supreme Court issued a highly anticipated decision in Viking River Cruises v. Moriana.  The decision addresses the apparent conflict between the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) and California’s...more

Mintz - Employment Viewpoints

The Supreme Court Strikes a Blow to PAGA: What California Employers Need to Know

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The U.S. Supreme Court has given businesses with California employees the option (at least for now) to avoid employee-initiated court proceedings under California’s Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA). On June 15, 2022, the...more

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US Supreme Court Cracks the Door Slightly Open for Arbitration of PAGA Claims

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California’s Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) is a statute that authorizes employees to bring an action for civil penalties on behalf of the state against an employer for Labor Code violations committed against the...more

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Supreme Court Holds That PAGA Representative Waivers Are Enforceable In Certain Significant Respects

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On June 15, 2022, the United States Supreme Court issued its much anticipated decision in Viking River Cruises, Inc. v. Moriana. The Supreme Court held that California’s rule invalidating pre-dispute agreements waiving the...more

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Supreme Court Delivers a PAGA Win to Employers

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Yesterday, the United States Supreme Court issued its long-awaited decision in Viking River Cruises, Inc. v. Moriana, Case No. 20-1573, regarding California’s ban on Private Attorney General Act (PAGA) representative waivers...more

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California Employers Receive a Big Win with SCOTUS PAGA Decision

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Executive Summary: In a stunning 8-1 decision that is expected to reverberate throughout the entire California business community, the United States Supreme Court on June 15, 2022 held that a state court ruling, which...more

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U.S. Supreme Court Holds That The Federal Arbitration Act Preempts California’s Rule Prohibiting Contractual Arbitration of...

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On June 15, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its highly anticipated opinion in Viking River Cruises, Inc. v. Moriana, which considered whether or not claims brought under the California Private Attorneys General Act...more

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Supreme Court Considers Intersection of PAGA and Arbitration

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The U.S. Supreme Court considered California’s Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) recently, debating whether a plaintiff who filed suit under the statute could avoid the mandatory arbitration clause she signed as an...more

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Supreme Court Hears Oral Argument in Advance of Major Ruling on the Arbitrability of PAGA Claims

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Last week, the United States Supreme Court heard oral argument in Viking River Cruises, Inc. v. Moriana, Case No. 20-1573,_ U.S. _ (2022). The case addresses whether the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”) requires the...more

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