Altshuler Berzon LLP has filed a class action lawsuit against the Long Beach Community College District seeking to change the District’s compensation practices for part-time instructional faculty and obtain damages for minimum wages owed. The lawsuit alleges that the districtâs compensation structure for part-time instructional faculty, also known as adjunct faculty, violates California minimum wage […]
On February 14, 2022, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, in HCAOA v. Newsom, rejected a challenge to a California statute that permits labor organizations to obtain registered home-care aidesâ names and telephone numbers from the State, so long as a home-care aide does not object to such disclosure. Two industry groups claimed that the California statute […]
On February 7, 2022, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in Barke v. Banks affirmed the dismissal of claims brought by a group of individual local government elected officials challenging California Government Code Section 3550. That law provides that a âpublic employerâ shall not âdeter or discourageâ public employees from becoming or remaining union members or from […]
On February 7, 2022, the California Court of Appeal granted a petition for writ of mandate filed by Altshuler Berzon LLP and co-counsel, resolving an important question regarding application of the relation-back doctrine to claims brought under Californiaâs Private Attorneys General Act (âPAGAâ). Former UBS Financial Services employee Andrew Hutcheson, who had timely notified the […]
On February 2, 2022, Altshuler Berzon LLP and nonpartisan nonprofit Protect Democracy filed a civil rights conspiracy complaint in federal court in Washington, DC on behalf of Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman (ret.) against former White House and Trump Campaign officials, including Donald Trump, Jr., Rudolph Giuliani, Julia Hahn, and Daniel Scavino, Jr., alleging a campaign […]