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Litigation

Jun. 12, 2015

Employers can't just drag plaintiffs to other states

Employers can no longer skirt California's generous employee rights laws with forum selection clauses that force employees to litigate their cases under the laws of another state. By Amy Semmel and Diana Gevorkian


By Amy Semmel and Diana Gevorkian


Employers can no longer easily skirt California's generous employee rights laws by
imposing choice-of-law and forum selection clauses that force employees to litigate
their cases in far-away courts under the laws of another state.


In Verdugo v. Alliantgroup, 2015 DJDAR 5849 (May 28, 2015), the 4th District Court of Appeal made clear that
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