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Perspective

Mar. 16, 2011

Slashing of Incentives Associated With Wage and Hour Litigation

Meal period litigation may see a decline now that attorney fees are not recoverable. By Ronald W. Novotny and Matthew S. D'Abusco of Andelson, Loya, Rudd & Romo.


By Ronald W. Novotny and Matthew S. D'Abusco


As employment litigators anxiously await the state Supreme Court's eventual decision on an employer's obligation to provide meal periods in Brinker v. Superior Court, recent Courts of Appeal decisions in Kirby v. Immoos Fire Protection Inc., 2010 DJDAR 11569 (July 27, 2010) and McGann v. United Parcel Service Inc., 2011 DJDAR 3025 (Feb. 24) will have a significant impact on meal and res...

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