On January 19, 2021, Altshuler Berzon LLP filed amicus briefs and evidence to support emergency regulations adopted by Cal-OSHA in November 2020 to slow the spread of COVID-19 in the State, in two cases brought to overturn those regulations. Altshuler Berzon LLP represents, and filed the amicus briefs on behalf of, a multi-union coalition comprising […]
On January 18, 2021, Service Employees International Union (SEIU) filed an amicus brief in AFT v. OSHA, a Ninth Circuit action for a writ of mandate to compel the Occupational Safety and Health Association (OSHA) to issue a safety standard to protect healthcare workers from COVID-19 and other infectious diseases. The union’s brief highlights how […]
On December 30, 2020, the Central District of California rejected an attempt by talent agency William Morris Endeavor (“WME”) to preliminarily enjoin the campaign by Writers Guild of America, West and Writers Guild of America, East (“the Guilds”) to eliminate talent agencies’ conflicts of interest. WME sought to enjoin the Guilds from enforcing a talent […]
The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California today issued a decision in State of California, et al. v. Azar, vacating a Trump Administration regulation that sought to prohibit homecare workers who provide services under states’ Medicaid programs from paying for benefits like health insurance and union dues via payroll deduction. The Court […]
On October 16, 2020, Maria Ruiz filed a wrongful termination lawsuit in Santa Clara County Superior Court alleging that she was unlawfully fired in retaliation for reporting and protesting unsafe conditions—including failure to provide masks and handwashing supplies and to enforce social distancing—at her corporate-owned McDonald’s store located at 2040 N. First Street, San Jose, […]