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May 29, 2015

End PAGA abuse

California's Private Attorneys General Act has become a tool for plaintiffs' attorneys to extract large settlements from employers. It's time for reform. By Chris Micheli


By Chris Micheli


Enacted in 2003, California's Private Attorneys General Act, aka the "sue your boss"
law, has become the excessive litigation tool that the business community feared.
In fact, the use of PAGA has become so prevalent as a litigation leverage tool that
it is being used in a manner reminiscent of the abusive lawsuits filed under Business
and Professions Code Section 17200 and ...

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