Hunter Pyle to teach Wage and Hour Course at Berkeley Law School
Hunter Pyle will be teaching a seven week California Wage and Hour class to second and third year law students at Berkeley Law School in the Spring of 2021. The course will cover current issues and trends in wage and hour law, with an emphasis on preparing the students
Hunter Pyle to speak at Bridgeport’s Wage and Hour Conference
On October 9, 2020, Hunter Pyle will speak at Bridgeport’s annual Wage and Hour Update Conference. Hunter will join Tim Long of Greenbreg Traurig on the panel discussing wage and hour cases in 2020: Key Updates.
Katie Fiester to Volunteer at Workers’ Rights Clinic
Hunter Pyle to speak at CELA’s Advanced Wage and Hour Update
Hunter Pyle to speak at Bridgeport’s 2020 PAGA Program
Hunter Pyle to speak at Bridgeport’s 2020 PAGA Program
Hunter Pyle to speak on two PAGA panels in Spring 2020
Hunter will be speaking on two PAGA panels in February and March 2020.
Katie Fiester to speak on Litigating Individual Plaintiff Wage Cases panel
Katie Fiester will be speaking today on the following panel hosted by the California Employment Lawyers Association (CELA):
A to Z of Litigating Individual Plaintiff Wage Cases
Speakers Katie Fiester (Hunter Pyle Law), Un Kei Wu (Liberation Law Group) and Estella Cisneros (California Rural Legal Assistance) will cover forum selection, arbitration clauses and recent developments in the law; the pros and cons of Labor Commissioner, arbitration and court; pleadings and discovery; adjudication of wage claim at trial, Berman hearing and arbitration; and appeals. Marco A. Palau (Advocates for Worker Rights LLP) will moderate.
Hunter Pyle to Present and Supervise at Workers’ Rights Disability Law Clinic
On October 1, 2019, Hunter will present and supervise at the Workers’ Rights Disability Law Clinic in Berkeley, California. The topic of his presentation will be “State and Federal Employment Protections for Workers with Disabilities.”
The Workers’ Rights Disability Law Clinic provides free legal advice to low-income people with disabilities. It is a project of Legal Aid at Work, and also helps to train Berkeley Law students who are interested in employment law.
This is the third year that Hunter has presented on this topic at the Clinic, and he is looking forward to meeting this year’s group of volunteers.
Judge Gonzalez Rogers Approves $5.4 Million Settlement
On September 3, 2019, Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers approved a $5.4 million settlement in the case of Castro v. ABM, case no. 4:17-cv-03026-YGR. Our clients in this case were two janitors who had to use their cell phones for work-related purposes such as clocking in and out and calling their supervisors. After Judge Gonzalez Rogers certified the case as a class action, we wound up representing over 30,000 janitors throughout California.
The case was hotly contested over the course of many years, and we are grateful to our heroic clients for being brave enough to pursue justice in the workplace.
Thanks too to our co-counsel at Feinberg, Jackson, Worthman and Wasow, LLP. This was a team effort from start to finish, and we could not have done it without you!
Hunter Pyle to Present regarding PAGA Claims and Class Actions
Hunter Pyle will be giving three presentations to other lawyers regarding PAGA claims and class actions in the fall of 2019.
First, on September 25, 2019, Hunter will speak at a conference entitled Cutting-Edge Employment Law Issues 2019: The California Difference, to be held at the Practising Law Institute (“PLI”) in San Francisco. PLI is a nonprofit learning organization dedicated to keeping attorneys and professionals at the forefront of knowledge and expertise, as well as preparing them to fulfill their pro bono responsibilities. Hunter will be discussing cutting edge issues in PAGA litigation.
Next, on October 18, 2019, Hunter will speak about PAGA at Bridgeport’s 2019 Wage & Hour Conference, which will also be held in San Francisco.
Finally, on October 25, 2019, Hunter will be doing a 90 minute program on Litigating PAGA Claims. That event will be recorded by Continuing Education of the Bar (CEB). CEB offers continuing legal education courses to lawyers and publishing practice guides that are available to practitioners throughout California and beyond.