Following its “epic” loss last year on the issue of whether class action waiver provisions in employment arbitration agreements violate Section 7 of the NLRA, the NLRB has issued a new decision taking a much more employer-friendly view of mandatory arbitration agreements. In Cordua Restaurants,…
The United States Supreme Court recently issued its opinion in Lamps Plus v Varela, holding that a class action may not be ordered to arbitration unless the parties’ arbitration agreement expressly states that class claims may be arbitrated. In so holding, the Court overruled the Ninth…
In the last two weeks, the nation’s high court issued two opinions concerning an important issue relating to enforceability of arbitration agreements, namely, who decides the “gateway” issue of whether or not a particular dispute is arbitrable—a court or an arbitrator? According to…
Governor Brown has been busy in the last year of his term signing and vetoing many employment-related bills. We are pleased to report that he vetoed California Assembly Bill 3080 (AB 3080). AB 3080 sought to amend the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) and the California Labor Code making it…
As we have reported recently on the blog, the California Legislature has been working to pass a bill, AB 3080, that would make most employment arbitration agreements unlawful in California. That bill has now passed both the State Assembly and the State Senate, and is headed to the Governor’s desk to…
For over 20 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.
Robin Largent has a regular presence in California state and federal courts and has been lead defense counsel and appellate counsel for large and small California employers in litigation (and arbitration) ranging from individual discrimination and harassment claims to complex wage and hour representative and class actions. She also leads the firm’s appellate practice, having substantial experience and success handling appeals, writ petitions, and amicus briefs in both state and federal court on issues such as class certification (particularly in the wage and hour arena), manageability and due process concerns associated with class action trials, exempt/non-exempt misclassification issues, meal and rest break compliance, trade secret/unfair competition matters, and the scope of federal court jurisdiction under the Class Action Fairness Act.
> Contact > Full Bio Call 916.361.0991
Carothers DiSante & Freudenberger LLP © 2019