Employer Defense & Business Litigation Blog

Earlier this year, In-N-Out Burger appealed a trial court’s denial of its motion to compel arbitration of the claims of plaintiffs who were seeking penalties against it under the Labor Code Private Attorneys General Act of 2004. Under PAGA, the plaintiffs of Piplack et al v. In-N-Out Burgers were allowed to sue for certain civil…

Recently, in a case that has made headlines in the news, the electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla appealed from denial of its motion to compel arbitration of workplace race discrimination claims. The plaintiffs in the case had worked for Tesla at its Fremont-based factory through staffing agencies before joining the company as employees in 2017 and…

Manny Pacquiao, former eight-time boxing champion and former senator of the Philippines, was named defendant in a breach of contract lawsuit filed by his representative, plaintiff Paradigm Sports Management, in the Superior Court of Orange County, California. The case arose under complicated circumstances. Paradigm, which is a sports management company, had signed Pacquiao in February 2020.…