George Howard Jr. Quoted in Law360 Article About California Supreme Court PAGA Ruling
The California Supreme Court recently ruled that trial can’t dismiss cases brought under the state’s Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) for being too unmanageable. George Howard Jr., a Labor & Employment partner in the Quarles & Brady San Diego office, was quoted in a Law360 Employment Authority article exploring the implications of the ruling.
Howard noted that because the court’s ruling doesn’t offer guidance on how lower courts should handle more unwieldly PAGA cases, employers will need think anew about how they raise the issue.
An excerpt:
George Howard Jr. of management-side firm Quarles & Brady LLP said the issue of addressing manageability without dismissal will continue to play out following the decision.
"The court doesn't really give us any guidance about how these cases really are going to be tried in the real world," he said. "They can't throw the case out now, but they certainly are going to have to be careful."
Moving forward, employers' arguments regarding manageability will be "more nuanced," such as asking about a trial plan early on, Howard said.