Altshuler Berzon LLP thanks its 2021 Summer Associates for their extraordinary work this summer: Amanda Le (University of California, Irvine School of Law), Andrew Toney-Noland (Stanford Law School), Edgar Melgar (Yale Law School), Isaac Green (Harvard Law School), Michael Migiel-Schwartz (Harvard Law School), Nina Oishi (Yale Law School), and Simon Jacobs (University of Chicago Law […]
The Alameda County Superior Court issued a decision on August 20 holding that California’s Proposition 22 conflicts with the California Constitution and is invalid in its entirety. The case, Castellanos v. California, No. RG21088725, was filed by SEIU, SEIU California, and four individual drivers and consumers after gig economy companies funded a $225 million initiative […]
August 11, 2021 – When a COVID-19 outbreak at the Telegraph Ave. McDonald’s restaurant in Oakland threatened workers and their families, four workers filed a public nuisance lawsuit in Alameda County Superior Court and sought a temporary restraining order (TRO) to ensure that the restaurant implemented necessary safety measures. The court granted plaintiffs’ requested relief […]
EDD agrees to sweeping changes in how it handles continuing unemployment insurance claims July 23, 2021 – In a groundbreaking settlement negotiated by Altshuler Berzon LLP on behalf of the Center for Workers’ Rights, California’s Employment Development Department has agreed to make significant changes in how it processes unemployment insurance claims and to immediately pay […]
July 20, 2021 – In April 2020, Altshuler Berzon LLP, with co-counsel, filed a putative class action lawsuit against McDonald’s, on behalf of all women who work at McDonald’s corporate owned and operated restaurants in Florida. The lawsuit, Fairley et al. v. McDonald’s Corp., et al., alleges a pattern of unchecked sexual harassment at 100 restaurants […]