Labor/Employment,
California Supreme Court,
California Courts of Appeal
Apr. 18, 2025
California Supreme Court takes up key PAGA arbitration dispute
Justices have agreed to review a closely watched appellate ruling involving efforts by workers to avoid arbitration in PAGA lawsuits by omitting individual claims. The case could resolve a growing split among state courts over the viability of these so-called "headless" PAGA actions.
In an unusual decision, the state Supreme Court on its own motion granted review of an appellate decision over an increasingly widespread practice by plaintiff's attorneys in Private Attorneys General Act cases to avoid arbitration.
The justices on Wednesday denied a request by two attorneys to depublish a 2nd District Court of Appeal ruling that a woman's PAGA complaint against a Target Corp. subsidiary included an individual claim - even though her lawyers said it didn&#...
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