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Labor & Employment

Jul. 17, 2014

Steven M. Berliner

Liebert Cassidy Whitmore Los Angeles Specialties: public employment litigation and negotiation


Berliner represented Santa Barbara County in a trial in April that ended with a victory for the county and a declaration from judge David S. Cohn that Gov. Jerry Brown's pension reform law of 2012 is unconstitutional.


From the county's perspective, the law forced it to pay more of its workers' pension costs than it was before. The trial court agreed.


Typically, a public employer splits contributions to pension plans with its employees, but ...

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