Litigating California Wage & Hour and Labor Code Class Actions

X. California Minimum Wage Claims.........................................................................53
XI. California Labor Code Private Attorneys General Act ........................................55
A. General Scope of the Law....................................................................................................... 55
B. Scope of the “Civil Penalty” Provisions ................................................................................... 58
C. Pursuing PAGA Claims Collectively Without Class Certification ............................................ 59
D. Release of PAGA Claims Through Class Settlement ............................................................. 60
E. Wage Order Claims................................................................................................................. 61
XII. Unfair Competition Claims, Business & Professions Code Section 17200.......63
A. Former Law—Pre-Proposition 64............................................................................................ 63
B. Reform of the Law—Passage of Proposition 64 ..................................................................... 64
C. Proposition 64’s Restrictions on UCL Class Actions............................................................... 65
XIII. Class Action Fairness Act of 2005........................................................................67
A. The Purpose of the Act............................................................................................................ 67
B. General Requirements ............................................................................................................ 67
C. Removal Under CAFA............................................................................................................. 68
D. Exceptions to CAFA Jurisdiction ............................................................................................. 70
E. Waiver ..................................................................................................................................... 72
F. After Removal and Effect of Denial of Class Certification....................................................... 72
G. Settlement Process ................................................................................................................. 73
XIV.
Class Certification..................................................................................................75
A. General Requirements ............................................................................................................ 75
B. Class Certification in Exempt Misclassification Cases............................................................ 76
C. Subclasses .............................................................................................................................. 80
D. Opt-In Classes......................................................................................................................... 81
E. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes - The Supreme Court Shifts The Landscape Of Class
Certification ............................................................................................................................. 82
F. The Court Of Appeal Follows Dukes In Duran v. U.S. Bank................................................... 87
G. Relitigation of Class Certification Denials ............................................................................... 89
H. Defense Motions to Deny Class Certification (“Vinole Motions”) ............................................ 92
XV. Discovery Issues in Class Actions .......................................................................94
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