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Recent News About California Business And Industrial Alliance
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A late addition to the budget could stop a hard-fought opportunity for voters to have their say on a November 2024 ballot measure about the future of fast food in California.
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Coalition of healthcare businesses call for governor to halt PAGA lawsuits amid COVID-19 outbreak
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The state of California collected $88 million in penalties from employers last year in cases brought under the Private Attorney General Act (PAGA), a unique law allowing workers to sue on behalf of the state – nearly three times as much as in 2018 – according to a new report from the UCLA Labor Center.
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SACRAMENTO – The California Business and Industrial Alliance (CABIA) has released the names of the top law firms that are using the California Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) the most, informing the public of the potential abuse of the law.
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WASHINGTON – The American Tort Reform Association (ATRF) released its annual Judicial Hellholes report last week with the state of California placing as the second worst legal climate in the nation following the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas.
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SAN JOSE – A $12 million settlement was recently approved by Santa Clara Superior Court Judge Thomas E. Kuhnle against Safeway for failing to provide seats to more than 30,000 store cashiers.
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SACRAMENTO – A new California law requiring additional workplace lactation accommodations for employees could become a target for private attorney lawsuits.
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SANTA ANA – Orange County Superior Court Judge Peter Wilson ruled Sept. 11 that the California Business and Industrial Alliance (CABIA) failed to demonstrate in its suit how the controversial Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) allegedly violated the separation of powers and due process, however, the organization's president is optimistic going forward.
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SACRAMENTO – Businesses are finding it more challenging than ever to make it in the Golden State as a number of new laws and amendments are being pushed forward by legislators. Many of these laws could impact businesses to the point of shutting their doors or leaving the state entirely, and some have.
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SACRAMENTO – California's Senate Bill 142, which aims to expand the rights of lactating mothers in the workplace, is causing concerns for some businesses.
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SACRAMENTO – It’s becoming more challenging to conduct business in the state of California, according to CNBC’s annual state-to-state business poll. The poll ranks each state in a number of major categories, including workforce, economy and structure, and the Golden State did not fare well.
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WASHINGTON – The U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform (ILR) found in a recent study "Ill-Suited: Private Rights of Action in Privacy Claims," that private rights of action laws tend to serve the attorney more than consumers or plaintiffs.
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SUNLAND – California’s Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) has unnecessarily burdened businesses with expensive litigation over minor labor infractions, prompting the California Business and Industrial Alliance (CABIA) to move for reforming the 15-year-old law.
