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California Proposition 22 (Prop 22) is a law that allows app-based transportation and delivery companies to call their drivers “independent contractors” instead of “employees.” Also known as the “App-Based Drivers as Contractors and Labor Policies Initiative,” Prop 22...
Although it is not unheard of, very few employers in the San Diego area would flat out refuse to pay an employee overtime after admitting the employer owes it. Instead, most employers would try some common tricks to reduce their bottom line at their workers’ expense...
On Thursday, July 17, 2020, employment lawyer Jean-Claude Lapuyade, Esq., of the , obtained an order coordinating four separate wage and hour actions against Charter Communications, LLC before the San Diego Superior Court. The actions...
The JCL Law Firm, APC, successfully litigated an unlawful housing class action that vindicated the rights of long-term hotel guests. All too often, low-income individuals and families rely on budget hotels and motels as their primary residences. Often times, these...
On May 24, 2019, a group of California distribution center employees filed a wage and hour class action lawsuit against Home Depot earlier this year. The lawsuit is pending before the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. The...
Laugh Factory, the famous standup comedy club in Los Angeles is the subject of a lawsuit filed recently with the Los Angeles Superior Court. The lawsuit was filed as an employment class action, alleging that the Laugh Factory violated numerous California Labor Code...
The JCL Law Firm recently won a landmark decision at the California Court of Appeal on behalf of California homeowners in Blanchette v. Superior Court (GHA Enterprises), 8 Cal.App.5th 521 (2017). The Court of Appeal held that a Superior Court judge erred in staying a...
Case: San Diego Superior Court
Clients: Eight Commercial Property Owners
Defendant: Confidential
Settlement: $3,000,000
Legal Theory: Expansive Soils – Inadequate Design
Development: Rosemary Lane at 4S Ranch
Client: Owners of 18 single-family homes
Location: San Diego, California
Settlement: Confidential