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Labor & Employment

Jul. 17, 2013

Elena R. Baca

Paul Hastings LLP Los Angeles Specialty: employment defense litigation


As chair of Paul Hastings' Los Angeles office and a partner in the employment law practice, Baca keeps a close watch on what's heating up in her world.


On the plaintiffs' side, Baca said that she is seeing more litigation involving the Private Attorney General Act of 2004, known as PAGA, which allows private citizens to pursue civil penalties on behalf of the state's Labor and Workforce Development Agency.


"Courts have held that a P...

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