Lawsuit alleged Nike failed to accommodate California customers with hearing disabilities April 22, 2021 – Describing the parties’ settlement as “fabulous” and “incredible,” and a “great result for people who really needed help,” federal district court judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers on April 20, 2021 granted final approval to a landmark disabilities rights settlement negotiated under […]
On April 1, 2021, Altshuler Berzon LLP, together with co-counsel Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy LLP, filed a Consolidated Class Action Complaint and Motion for Preliminary Injunction against Bank of America, N.A., seeking immediate relief for tens of thousands of California unemployment benefits recipients who have been denied access to their public benefits as a result […]
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 Thursday, February 11, 2021, the Service Employees International Union (“SEIU”), SEIU California, three drivers, and a consumer filed a constitutional challenge to Proposition 22, the November 2020 ballot measure that purported to exempt, from California’s labor and employment protections, drivers who work for transportation and delivery companies like Uber, Lyft, DoorDash, and Instacart. These […]
On February 8, 2021, the Alaska State Superior Court delivered a complete victory to the Alaska State Employees Association, AFSCME Local 52 (“ASEA”) in a dispute with the State of Alaska about the deduction of voluntary union membership dues. In 2019, Alaska’s Governor Michael Dunleavy and now-former Attorney General Kevin Clarkson announced that the State […]