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For the third consecutive year, Mr. Pyle (along with Todd Jackson of Feinberg, Jackson, Worthman & Wasow) will teach the Employment Law course to second and third year law students at Berkeley Law School.  The curriculum for this class will include individual, class, and PAGA claims.

For the fourth consecutive year, Mr. Pyle has been invited to teach at the Stanford Law School Trial Advocacy Workshop for the Fall 2016 Quarter.  This year he will again present the Civil Trials portion of the workshop.

The Daily Journal recently published a piece by Mr. Pyle regarding class actions.  The article focuses on the recent case of Vaquero v. Ashley Furniture Industries Inc., 2016 DJDAR 5477 (June 8, 2016), in whichthe 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals does three things that will significantly impact wage and hour class actions. First, it limits the impact of Wal-Mart v. Dukes, 564 U.S. 338 (2011), with respect to the issue of commonality. Second, it limits the impact of Comcast v. Behrend, 133 S. Ct. 1426 (2013), with respect to predominance. Last, it underscores the 9th Circuit rule that the need for individualized findings with respect to damages does not defeat class certification. Vaquero therefore will undoubtedly lead to more wage and hour classes being certified in California.

Attorneys Tanya Tambling and Hunter Pyle will be presenting at the Workers’ Rights Disability Law Clinic on Tuesday, October 3, 2017.  They will be discussing disability discrimination in the workplace, as well as some examples from the cases that they have handled.  I

The clinic is organized by Alexis M. Alvarez, Staff Attorney for the Disability Rights Program of Legal Aid at Work (formerly known as the Legal Aid Society-Employment Law Center).  LAW delivers on the promise of justice for low-income people.  It provides free direct services to thousands of people each year through clinics and helplines.  It also offer extensive legal information for free online and in trainings, litigates individual and class actions, and advocates for new policies and laws. Details: www.legalaidatwork.org.

Hunter Pyle will be helping to teach the Civil Trial section of the Stanford Law School 2023 Trial Advocacy Workshop again this fall. Mr. Pyle will be assisting with the Civil Trial portion of the Workshop, at which second and third year law students present their cases to a judge and mock jury.