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Litigation

Dec. 31, 2015

In 2015, arbitration, misclassification disputes dominated employment law

Uncertainty remains over enforceability of arbitration contracts, independent contractor business model

By Matthew Blake
Daily Journal Staff Writer

No court decision, jury verdict, or new law reordered California's employment landscape in 2015.

"There hasn't been any groundbreaking decisions" in 2015, said Peter S. Rukin, a plaintiff-side lawyer at Rukin, Hyland Doria & Tindall, adding the year was "more of a solidification of trends."

The biggest trends solidified were contesting pre-dispute agreements workers sign to individually...

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