NEW YORK (Reuters) – GrubHub, DoorDash, Postmates and Uber Eats were sued on Monday for allegedly exploiting their dominance in restaurant meal deliveries to impose fees that consumers ultimately bear through higher menu prices, including during the coronavirus pandemic. In a proposed class action filed in Manhattan federal court, three consumers said the defendants violated […]

I represented Warren Mauran for his age discrimination case against Walmart. A federal appeals court this week vacated an order requiring my client, a former Walmart worker who lost his age discrimination lawsuit against the corporation to pay a portion of Walmart’s costs. U.S. District Judge R. Gary Klausner had ordered my client, who had […]

The First Appellate District of California Courts of Appeal in Smythe v. Uber Technologies, Inc. faced a case involving both Uber and Lyft. Plaintiff claimed that Uber directed its drivers and others to use fake Lyft accounts to request rides, sending Lyft drivers on “wild goose chases.” He asserted claims for unfair business practices and […]

In Camacho v. Target Corp., the Plaintiff Adrian Camacho appealed after the trial court granted summary judgment in favor of defendant Target Corporation (Target) on Camacho’s causes of action for discrimination based on sexual orientation, harassment causing a hostile work environment, failure to prevent harassment and discrimination, retaliation, constructive termination in violation of public policy, intentional infliction […]

After the California Supreme Court’s decision in Dynamex Operations West, Inc. v. Superior Court, 4 Cal. 5th 903 (2018), the legal and business communities focused on its holding that for purposes of claims made pursuant to California’s Wage Orders, the Wage Orders’ definition of “employee” controls, and not the traditional common law multi-factor test. Of course, […]

    The de minimis doctrine is an application of the maxim de minimis non curat lex, which means “[t]he law does not concern itself with trifles.” (Black’s Law Dict. (10th ed. 2014) p. 524.) Federal courts have applied the doctrine in some circumstances to excuse the payment of wages for small amounts of otherwise […]

November 11, 2015 On October 6, 2015 – Governor Jerry Brown signed[…]

November 4, 2015 – In California, the Industrial Welfare Commission Wage Orders requires that employers must[…]

It is a common practice for employers to include arbitration clause in employment agreement with their employees or include such provisions in employee handbooks requiring employees to arbitrate any and all of their employment related dispute instead of filing lawsuits in courts. When employers use independent contractors instead of employees, however, the arbitrability of dispute […]

In California, an employee who is discharged must be paid all of his or her wages, including accrued vacation, immediately at the time of termination. Labor Code §§201 and 227.3. An employee without a written employment contract for a definite period of time, who gives at least 72 hours prior notice of his or her […]