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Civil Litigation,
Labor/Employment,
Government

Jan. 8, 2020

The California Rule and public retirement system governance

By all indications, 2020 will be the year in which the California Supreme Court speaks again on the scope of the “California Rule.”

Ashley K. Dunning

Partner
Nossaman LLP

Ashley specializes in public retirement law and related litigation. She advises public retirement systems and their boards throughout the United States, and is counsel of record in several cases that are currently pending before the California Supreme Court, courts of appeal, and superior courts.

Peter H. Mixon

Partner
Nossaman LLP

Peter specializes in public retirement law and related litigation. He advises public retirement systems and their boards throughout the United States, and is counsel of record in several cases that are currently pending before the California Supreme Court, courts of appeal, and superior courts.

By all indications, 2020 will be the year in which the California Supreme Court speaks again on the scope of the "California Rule." The question at the top of many minds in the public pension arena is whether the court will make substantial changes to the rule and, if so, what these changes will be. The court has not yet indicated what it may say on that topic when it rules in the remaining four cases pending before it that allege violations of the California Rule. Me...

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