Eden E. Anderson

Special Counsel

  • Eden E. Anderson
  • Phone: +1 415 957 3029

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Eden E. Anderson practices in the area of employment law and litigation. Ms. Anderson defends employers against discrimination, harassment, retaliation and attendant claims under California’s FEHA, as well as other single-plaintiff matters. Her practice also entails defense of wage and hour class actions and PAGA claims. In addition to litigation, Ms. Anderson has experience conducting workplace investigations and counseling clients on a wide variety of employment law topics, including leaves of absence and reasonable accommodations. 

Ms. Anderson is also a member of the firm’s appellate practice group. She has substantial appellate experience before the California Court of Appeal, California Supreme Court, and Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Ms. Anderson also has expertise defending companies against disability access claims brought under California’s Unruh Civil Rights Act and Title III of the ADA.

Ms. Anderson is a 2004 graduate of Berkeley Law, where she won the American Jurisprudence Awards in Insurance Law and Corporations and was recognized for Best Moot Court Brief, and is a magna cum laude graduate of the University of California at Berkeley, where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.

Admissions

  • California
  • Supreme Court of California
  • Court of Appeals of California
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
  • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California
  • U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Education

  • University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, J.D., 2004
    - American Jurisprudence Award in Insurance Law
  • University of California, Berkeley, B.A., magna cum laude, 2000
    - Phi Beta Kappa

Experience

  • Duane Morris LLP
    - Special Counsel, 2022-present
    - Associate, 2006-2007
  • Seyfarth Shaw LLP
    - Counsel, 2007-2022
  • Hancock Rothert & Bunshoft LLP
    - Associate, 2004-2005

Selected Publications

  • Author, “Colorado Federal Court Grants Frontier Airlines’ Motion to Compel Arbitration In The GoWild! Pass Program Class Action,” Duane Morris Class Action Defense Blog, June 24, 2024
  • Author, “Ninth Circuit Court Of Appeals Holds That Disparate Treatment Of Gig Workers Is Justified By California’s Interest In Curbing Independent Contractor Misclassification,” Duane Morris Class Action Defense Blog, June 12, 2024
  • Co-Author and Co-Editor, “Duane Morris Private Attorneys General Act Review 2024”
  • Chapter Author, Duane Morris Class Action Review 2024
  • Contributor, “Duane Morris Wage & Hour Class and Collective Action Review 2024”
  • Author, “U.S. Supreme Court Holds That Courts, And Not Arbitrators, Must Decide Whether Contracting Parties Agreed To Delegate Arbitrability Issues To An Arbitrator,” Duane Morris Class Action Defense Blog, May 23, 2024
  • Author, “U.S. Supreme Court Settles Circuit Split And Holds That District Courts Granting Motions To Compel Arbitration Do Not Have Discretion To Dismiss Underlying Lawsuits And Must Stay Them,” Duane Morris Class Action Defense Blog, May 14, 2024
  • Co-author, "California Supreme Court Recognizes an Employer's Good Faith Defense to Labor Code Wage Statement Penalties," Duane Morris Alert, May 7, 2024
  • Author, “Ninth Circuit Holds That Business Entities Cannot Qualify As Transportation Workers Exempt From The Federal Arbitration Act,” Duane Morris Class Action Defense Blog, April 17, 2024
  • Author, “California Court Of Appeal Deems Attorneys’ Fees And Costs Awards To Prevailing Plaintiffs Mandatory On Overtime And Minimum Wage Claims,” Duane Morris Class Action Defense Blog, March 27, 2024
  • Author, “Illinois Federal Court Orders Samsung To Defend 806 Individual BIPA Claims In Arbitration And Pay $311,000 In Arbitration Filing Fees,” Duane Morris Class Action Defense Blog, February 19, 2024
  • Author, “Ninth Circuit Holds That Federal Courts Must Apply Adolph in PAGA Cases, With A Concurring Opinion Addressing Whether Individual Arbitration Will Have Preclusive Effect,” Duane Morris Class Action Defense Blog, February 14, 2024
  • Author, “California Supreme Court Rules That Lack Of Manageability Is An Improper Basis Upon Which To Strike A PAGA Claim, But Leaves Open Due Process Challenges,” Duane Morris Class Action Blog, January 19, 2024
  • Author, “Permanent Injunction Issued Precluding Enforcement Of California’s Ban On Mandatory Arbitration Agreements,” Duane Morris Class Action Blog, January 4, 2024
  • Chapter Author, “Duane Morris Class Action Review 2023”
  • Co-Author, “Duane Morris Private Attorneys General Act Review 2023”
  • Author, “U.S. Supreme Court Orders Automatic Stays Of District Court Proceedings When Parties Appeal Denials Of Motions To Compel Arbitration,” Duane Morris Class Action Defense Blog, June 25, 2023
  • Author, “New Jersey Determines That Class Action Waiver Untethered To An Arbitration Agreement Is Unenforceable,” Duane Morris Class Action Defense Blog, May 24, 2023
  • Author, “Congress To Consider Proposed FAA Amendment To Preclude Forced Arbitration Of Race Discrimination Claims,” Duane Morris Class Action Defense Blog, May 5, 2023
  • Author, “Failure to timely pay arbitration fees results in waiver of the right to arbitration no ifs, ands, or buts,” California Employment Newsletter, February 2023
  • Chapter Author, “Wage & Hour Collective and Class Litigation,” ALM Law Journal Press, 2014

Representative Matters

  • Reid v. Google, Inc., 155 Cal. App. 4th 1342 (2007) (represented the appellant/plaintiff in reversing summary judgment in age discrimination case).

  • Wachovia Securities, LLC v. Wiegand, 2007 WL 9776732 (S.D. Cal. 2007) (vacating arbitration award in wrongful termination case).

  • Emmer v. Adobe Systems, Inc., 2007 WL 4555797 (6th DCA 2007) (affirming denial of plaintiff’s anti-SLAPP motion).

  • Bharji v. NUMMI, et al., 2008 WL 77580 (1st DCA 2008) (affirming jury verdict against plaintiff who alleged 18 causes of action, including disability discrimination and harassment, retaliation, and wrongful termination).

  • Bryant, et al. v. Sara Lee Bakery Group, Inc., et al., 2009 WL 378849 (1st DCA 2009) (affirming summary judgment on race harassment claims and jury verdict on race discrimination and retaliation claims in multi-plaintiff case).

  • Tyler v. Wells Fargo Financial Calif., Inc., 2010 WL 830276 (3rd DCA 2010) (affirming summary judgment on age discrimination claim).

  • Ramsey v. Kaiser Found. Health Plan, Inc., et al., 2010 WL 2000351 (2nd DCA 2010) (affirming summary judgment on age discrimination and retaliation claims).

  • Reid v. Google, Inc., 50 Cal. 4th 512 (2010) (affirming reversal of summary judgment in age discrimination case).

  • Arnold v. Mutual of Omaha, Ins. Co., 202 Cal. App. 4th 580 (2011) (affirming summary judgment on independent contractor’s Labor Code claims).

  • Longman v. Wachovia Bank, N.A., 702 F.2d 148 (2nd Cir. 2012) (affirming summary judgment against plaintiff on FCRA claims).

  • Vuong v. Wells Fargo Bank, NA, 2013 WL 3213293 (1st DCA 2012) (affirming class certification denial).

  • ALPA, et al. v. United Air Lines, Inc., 223 Cal. App. 4th 706 (2014) (addressing ERISA’s preemptive application to California’s kin care law).

  • Chapman v. Pier 1 Imports, Inc., 2015 WL 925586 (9th Cir. 2015) (reversing in part summary judgment ruling on claims under Title III of the ADA).

  • Saks v. ILWU, 637 Fed. App’x 282 (9th Cir. 2015) (affirming summary judgment on breach of contract claims and counter-claims).

  • Miller v. Danaher Corp, 2015 WL 6869364 (6th DCA 2015) (affirming summary judgment on retaliation claims).

  • Clark v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., 669 Fed. App’x 362 (9th Cir. 2016) (affirming dismissal of pro se plaintiff’s litany of employment claims).

  • Coleman v. BAE Systems, Inc., et al., Case Nos. A141373/A141727 (1st DCA 2016) (affirming summary judgment in race and gender discrimination, race and gender harassment, and retaliation case).

  • Brooks v. BAE Systems, Inc., et al., Case Nos. A141373/A141727 (1st DCA 2016) (affirming summary judgment in race and gender discrimination, race and gender harassment, and retaliation case).

  • Silver v. ILWU-PMA Welfare Plan, 2 Cal. App. 5th 793 (2016) (affirming dismissal of medical provider’s claims, at pleadings stage, against welfare benefit plan on ERISA preemption grounds).

  • Neufeld v. WinCo Holdings, Inc., 669 Fed. App’x 659 (9th Cir. 2017) (affirming summary judgment in disability discrimination/failure to accommodate case).

  • Ponce de Leon v. ILWU-PMA Welfare Plan, 704 Fed App’x 700 (9th Cir. 2017) (affirming denial of fees motion in ERISA benefits case).

  • Bedini v. Live Nation Entertainment, Inc., 2018 WL 6040158 (1st DCA 2018) (affirming summary judgment in age discrimination case).

  • Port Medical Wellness, Inc. v. Connecticut General Life Ins., et al., 24 Cal. App. 5th 153 (2nd DCA 2018) (affirming summary judgment on ERISA conflict preemption and other grounds on state law tort and breach of contract claims).

  • Ehret v. Winco Foods, LLC, 26 Cal. App. 5th 1 (2018) (affirming summary judgment in class action and upholding collective bargaining agreement waiver of employee meal periods).

  • Almont Ambulatory Surgery Ctr., LLC, et al. v. ILWU, et al.; Case Nos. 16-56241 and 17-55285 (9th Cir. 2019) (affirming dismissal for lack of prosecution and denial of various post-judgment motions).

  • Andino v. Kaiser Found. Hospitals, 2020 WL 913556 (1st DCA 2020) (affirming order granting motion to decertify class in case involving alleged Labor Code violations concerning grace period timekeeping).

  • Cenis v. WinCo Holdings, Inc., 787 Fed. App’x 947 (9th Cir. 2019) (affirming summary judgment in disability discrimination/failure to accommodate case involving claim that food poising was a disability).

  • Karunaratne v. Qiagen, Inc., 2019 WL 3811984 (1st DCA 2019) (affirming summary judgment on sex discrimination claim and related claims and addressing evidentiary issues).

  • White v. Senior Leaders Severance Pay Plan of Danaher Corp., 787 Fed App’x 468 (9th Cir. 2019) (affirming summary judgment on claims for severance benefits).

  • Oliver, et al. v. Konica Minolta Business Solutions, USA, 51 Cal. App. 5th 1 (2020) (addressing compensability of commute time when an employee has tools and equipment in their vehicle).

  • Boyack v. Regis Corp., 819 Fed App’x 428 (9th Cir. 2020) (affirming order dismissing wage and hour claims on FRCP 12(b)(6) motion).

  • Rave v. L’Oreal USA, Inc., 835 Fed App’x 310 (9th Cir. 2021) (affirming FRCP 12(b)(6) dismissal of on statute of limitations grounds and rejecting appellant’s tolling arguments).

  • Lopez v. WinCo Holdings, Inc., 2022 WL 17547804 (9th Cir. 2022) (affirming summary judgment in disability discrimination/failure to accommodate/interactive process case where plaintiff store manager's transfer and termination occurred for legitimate non-discriminatory reason unrelated to his depression).

  • Valter v. Mammoth Mtn. Ski Area LLC, 2023 WL 6054906 (3rd DCA 2023) (affirming summary judgment on grounds that plaintiff skier’s claims were barred by her express assumption of the risk of a collision with a snow-mobile).

  • Naranjo v. Spectrum Security Svcs., Inc., 15 Cal. 5th 1056 (2024) (California Supreme Court ruling furnishing employers with good faith dispute defense to wage statement claims).