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Labor/Employment,
Government,
California Supreme Court

Aug. 11, 2020

‘I’m still standing!’: The California Rule after Alameda

Alameda undoubtedly could have been far worse for employees — after all, in a man-bites-dog moment, a progressive Democratic governor advocated for the elimination of hard-won protections for future pension accruals.

Gregg Adam

Founder
Messing Adam & Jasmine LLP

Email: gregg@majlabor.com

The biopic "Rocketman" concludes with Elton John's hit "I'm Still Standing" -- written in 1983, the ditty signaled a turnaround from a darker place in the maestro's career. With the issuance on July 30 of the long-anticipated public employee pension decision in Alameda County Deputy Sheriffs' Association v. Alameda ...