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Employee rights group supports bill to end arbitration, and other measures expanding workers' ability to sue
WOODLAND HILLS – The California Employment Lawyers Association (CELA) supports passage of Assembly Bill 51, which would ban employers from requiring arbitration in employment contracts.
Business group suing over PAGA carve-out for union labor hopes to reform law for all professions
SUNLAND – California’s Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) has unnecessarily burdened businesses with expensive litigation over minor labor infractions, prompting the California Business and Industrial Alliance (CABIA) to move for reforming the 15-year-old law.
Reforms needed in Private Attorneys General Act - watchdog calls it a 'threat' to employers
SACRAMENTO – California Citizens Against Law Abuse (CALA) Executive Director Ken Barnes says the Private Attorneys General Act is the "biggest threat" facing employers in California.
NFIB attorney: PAGA reform 'priority concern' when it comes to small business
SACRAMENTO – National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) Small Business Legal Center in Sacramento attorney Luke Wake said reform of the Private Attorney's General Act (PAGA) is one its priority concerns for small-business owners in California.
California CALA director: Third-party litigation funding adds strain between attorneys, clients
SACRAMENTO – For two decades, the litigation funding industry allowed third-party companies to finance civil litigation court cases, like class-action lawsuits, in exchange for a varied percentage of funds obtained from the lawsuit. While it was originally intended to assist in smaller law firms handling larger cases, it has now been used to place a priority of money over a client’s well-being in a case.