The American Arbitration Association (“AAA”) recently updated its “Employment/Workplace Arbitration Rules and Mediation Procedures” (formerly entitled the “Employment Arbitration Rules”), effective May 1, 2025. The updates to the rules will significantly impact how AAA…
Last week, in Chavez v. Hi-Grade Materials Co., the California Court of Appeal took up a novel jurisdictional question: Can a putative class action plaintiff unilaterally ring the death knell for the entire class and create appellate jurisdiction by voluntarily dismissing his PAGA claims? The Court…
As we previously blogged, effective July 1, 2025, Los Angeles County’s new Fair Work Week Ordinance requires qualifying retailers and grocers (300+ employees nationwide in unincorporated LA County) to give workers predictable schedules, advance notice, rest between shifts, and…
On April 23, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order entitled “Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy” (“Executive Order”). This Executive Order is one in a series issued by President Trump with the goal of eliminating Diversity Equity and Inclusion…
Companies doing business in California continue to face a surge in privacy-related complaints and lawsuits under the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA), a 1960s-era law designed to prevent unlawful telephone wiretapping. Plaintiffs are increasingly applying CIPA to attack modern web tracking…
For more than 30 years, CDF has distinguished itself as one of the top employment, labor and immigration firms in California, representing employers in single-plaintiff and class action lawsuits and advising employers on related legal compliance and risk avoidance. We cover the state, with five locations from Sacramento to San Diego.
San Diego Associate Attorney. Taylor has experience defending employers of all sizes in employment-related claims regarding wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and employment-related tort and contract claims. Taylor also has experience defending management in wage and hour class actions and PAGA representative actions. Taylor is a member of the Lawyers Club of San Diego and received her Juris Doctor from the University of San Diego School of Law, where she was a member of the Student Bar Association, Employment and Labor Law Society, Business Law Society, and Women’s Law Caucus.
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