On Wednesday, a Ninth Circuit panel lifted an injunction that prevented California from enforcing a law that prohibited employers from requiring employees and applicants to arbitrate work-related claims. The case, Chamber of Commerce v. Bonta, will find itself before the U.S. Supreme Court in short order.…
This week CDF secured a victory for a California Employer when the California Court of Appeal held that the employer’s general California choice-of-law provision in its employment agreement did not entitle the employee to pursue class claims for unpaid wages. In Nixon v. AmeriHome Mortgage Company,…
As California employers know, the California legislature passed a new law in 2019 barring employers from requiring employees to enter into arbitration agreements that cover wage and hour claims and FEHA claims (discrimination, harassment, retaliation). That law was supposed to take effect January 1, 2020…
Today, the California Supreme Court issued its long-anticipated decision in ZB N.A. v. Superior Court (Lawson), resolving a split among California Courts of Appeal on the issue of application of an arbitration agreement to a PAGA claim seeking both civil penalties AND unpaid wages (pursuant to Labor Code…
Despite having its anti-arbitration rulings reversed several times (and counting) by the United States Supreme Court, the California Supreme Court issued another questionable anti-arbitration decision today in Oto, LLC v. Kho, furthering the Golden State’s ongoing agenda to try to disallow these…
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Sacramento Office Managing Partner and Chair of CDF’s Traditional Labor Law Practice Group. Mark has been practicing labor and employment law in California for thirty years. His practice has a special emphasis on the representation of California employers in union-management relations and handling federal and state court litigation and administrative matters triggered by all types of employment-related disputes. He is also adept at providing creative and practical legal advice to help minimize the risks inherent in employing workers in California. He recently named “Sacramento Lawyer of the Year” in Employment Law-Management for 2021 by Best Lawyers®.
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