CHICAGO, March 4, 2025—In 2024, actions under the California Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) saw their first setback as a workaround to workplace arbitration programs that require individual proceedings. To assist with understanding what this means for employers facing PAGA claims, Duane Morris LLP has released the Private Attorneys General Act Review – 2025, the next edition of this annual publication. It analyzes the key PAGA rulings and litigation developments in 2024 and the significant trends that are apt to impact these types of representative actions in 2025.
According to data maintained by the California Department of Industrial Relations, the number of PAGA notices filed with the California Labor and Workforce Development Agency has increased exponentially over the past two decades. At the same time, the plaintiffs’ bar in California used PAGA actions to get around workplace arbitration agreements with class action waivers on the grounds that PAGA claims were somehow different than class actions and not covered by arbitration defenses. But the PAGA workaround has suffered significant setbacks in recent years.
Written by Duane Morris partners Gerald L. Maatman, Jr., Jennifer A. Riley, and Shireen Y. Wetmore, and special counsel Eden E. Anderson, with contributions from members of the Class Action Defense Group, the Private Attorneys General Act Review – 2025 reflects a broad array of “lessons learned” from their extensive experience in defending PAGA class action litigation in California.
“The purpose of the Private Attorneys General Act Review is multifaceted,” says Maatman. “We hope it will demystify some of the complexities of class action and representative litigation and keep corporate counsel updated on the ever-evolving nuances of these issues, while offering practical approaches to dealing with this type of litigation.”
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