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Labor/Employment

Feb. 25, 2016

Lawyers balk at Brown's PAGA reforms

Private attorneys from both sides say changes to the private attorney general act are unrealistic and unhelpful.

By Matthew Blake
Daily Journal Staff Writer

The leap in Private Attorney General Act claims filed on behalf of California workers has spurred Gov. Jerry Brown to seek reconstruction of the revolutionary 12-year-old law as a budget addendum, but both plaintiff and defense lawyers have distaste for the governor's plan.

"In general, the budget change proposal makes little sense to me," stated Glenn Danas, plaintiff lawyer at Capstone Law A...

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