We invite you to review our newly-posted May 2024 California Employment Law Notes, a comprehensive review of the latest and most significant developments in California employment law. The highlights include:
Employer Is Not Liable For Malicious Prosecution Against Former Employee
Lugo v. Pixior, LLC, 101 Cal. App. 5th 511 (2024)
Saide Lugo sued her former employer Pixior and some of its employees for malicious prosecution after Pixior reported Lugo to the police for deleting “valuable computer files” after she “quit in a huff.” Lugo was arrested and criminally prosecuted but the prosecutor dismissed the matter after it was discovered that one of Pixior’s employee’s had
November 2023 California Employment Law Notes
We invite you to review our newly-posted November 2023 California Employment Law Notes, a comprehensive review of the latest and most significant developments in California employment law. The highlights include:
- Company That Hired Competitor’s Employee Was Not Entitled To Arbitrate Claims
- Disability Discrimination Claim Was Properly Dismissed On Summary Judgment
- Employee’s Attorney’s “Pervasive Incivility” Justified $460,000 Reduction In Fees
- Employees Were Properly Awarded $7.2 Million
Lawyer-Investigators Recover Attorneys’ Fees Following Successful Anti-SLAPP Motion
Ross v. Seyfarth Shaw LLP, 96 Cal. App. 5th 722 (2023)
Plaintiff Natalie Operstein was a professor of linguistics at California State University, Fullerton, and plaintiff Craig Ross is her husband. In 2014, the university hired a law firm to investigate multiple accusations Operstein raised to her superiors about three of Operstein’s colleagues. Defendant Colleen Regan, then a partner at the law firm, led
Principal Of Former Employer Liable Based On Alter Ego Theory
Hacker v. Fabe, 92 Cal. App. 5th 1267 (2023)
In 2005, attorney Jacqueline Fabe filed claim for unpaid wages against her employer with the Labor Commissioner. Her employer then filed a malpractice suit against Fabe, and Fabe in response filed a retaliation suit with the Labor Commissioner. Fabe and the Labor Commissioner later won on all claims. In March 2010, Fabe filed a motion
January 2023 California Employment Law Notes
We invite you to review our newly-posted January 2023 California Employment Law Notes, a comprehensive review of the latest and most significant developments in California employment law. The highlights include:
- Age/National Origin Case Was Properly Dismissed Despite “Direct Evidence” Of Discriminatory Animus
- Family Court May Order Employer To Provide Determination Of Arrearages Owed In Spousal Support Case
- Background Check Agency May Have Violated State
Former Teacher’s Defamation Suit Was Properly Dismissed Under Anti-SLAPP Statute
Bishop v. The Bishop’s School, 86 Cal. App. 5th 893 (2022)
Chad Bishop was a teacher at The Bishop’s School for 16 years. In March 2019, Bishop entered into a contract as an English teacher for the 2019-20 academic year. In September 2019, Bishop and Kendall Forte, a 19-year-old former student of the School who had graduated the previous June, exchanged “flirtatious” text messages
September 2021 California Employment Law Notes
We invite you to review our newly-posted September 2021 California Employment Law Notes, a comprehensive review of the latest and most significant developments in California employment law. The highlights include:
- Ninth Circuit Rejects “Paramour Preference” Liability Arising From Supervisor’s Affair With Another Employee
- $3.5 Million Emotional Distress Award Was “Shockingly Disproportionate” To Evidence Of Harm
- Employee Nonsolicitation Clause Does Not Violate Antitrust Law And
Employee Who Signed Promissory Note To Pay For Losses May Proceed With Class Action Lawsuit
Gallano v. Burlington Coat Factory of Cal., LLC, 2021 WL 3616152 (Cal. Ct. App. 2021)
Krizel Gallano, a former employee of Burlington Coat Factory, filed this putative class action in which she alleged that Burlington forces its employees to pay for business losses incurred for common on-the-job mistakes by “misusing” California’s shoplifting statute (Cal. Pen. Code § 490.5) and intimidating employees into signing promissory
July 2021 California Employment Law Notes
We invite you to review our newly-posted July 2021 California Employment Law Notes, a comprehensive review of the latest and most significant developments in California employment law. The highlights include:
- Board of Directors Quota Law May Be Unconstitutional
- 2:1 Ratio of Punitive to Compensatory Damages Was Appropriate
- High School Football Coach’s Title VII Claim Was Properly Dismissed
- Third Party Was Not Liable for Aiding