Last month the California Court of Appeal in Balderas v. Fresh Start Harvesting (April 18, 2024) 2024 WL 1673112, made it even easier for a California employee to bring a lawsuit under the California Labor Code Private...
May 9, 2024
Individual Employee Claim No Longer Necessary To Be a Representative In a PAGA Lawsuit
February 29, 2024
Walsworth Attorneys Obtain Favorable Outcome for Clients in Habitability Case
Walsworth Partner John Kaniewski and Associate Brian Dworetzky recently obtained a court order sustaining their Demurrer to the Second Amended Complaint of four plaintiffs without leave to amend, which served to bar...
February 8, 2024
The Consequences of Incivility
In 2014, the California Supreme Court adopted California Rule of Court, Rule 9.7. Known as the civility pledge, Rule 9.7 requires everyone admitted to practice law to take an oath to conduct herself with dignity, courtesy,...
February 1, 2024
Walsworth Publishes 2023 Asbestos Litigation Year In Review
Walsworth’s 2023 Asbestos Litigation Year In Review report is now available for download. The report includes information on the volume of cases and overall filing trends associated with San Francisco, Alameda, and Los
January 9, 2024
California Employers May Require Employees to Agree to Arbitration as a Condition of Employment
On January 1, 2024, Judge Kimberly J. Mueller of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California put the final nail in the coffin to invalidate California Assembly Bill 51 (“AB 51”) that...