 On Wednesday January 31, Lauren Teukolsky will appear as a panelist on a California Employment Lawyers Association (CELA) roundtable discussing PAGA cases in the aftermath of Adolph v. Uber Technologies, Inc. Ms. Teukolsky will be joined by co-panelist Adrianne De Castro, a Senior Associate at Desai Law Firm, P.C., and a member of the litigation team in Adolph v. Uber.
The pair’s roundtable will address how courts are handling employer requests to stay PAGA claims pending individual arbitration, and recent appellate court rulings and trial court orders illustrating how courts have dealt with PAGA since the landmark decisions Viking River Cruises, Inc. v. Moriana and Adolph v Uber. Ms. Teukolsky and Ms. De Castro will also discuss how to oppose motions to compel arbitration of PAGA claims, poison pill provisions in arbitration agreements, and issue preclusion, among other topics. Ms. Teukolsky is an expert in employment law and regularly appears on panels to discuss the latest developments in the field. Most recently, Ms. Teukolsky spoke about Viking River Cruises and Adolph v. Uber at two talks presented by the California Lawyers Association (CLA). CELA is a statewide organization of 1,200 California attorneys who devote the majority of their practices to representing employees in individual employment cases and class actions. CELA works to protect and expand the legal rights of workers through litigation, education, and advocacy. To register for CELA’s Adolph v. Uber Roundtable, click here. To learn more about Ms. Teukolsky and her firm, click here.
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Lauren Teukolsky was selected to moderate a session at CELA’s (California Employment Lawyer Association) upcoming 36th Annual Employment Law Conference. The session is titled, “Arbitrating Wage & Hour Cases from Start to Finish,” and will address strategies for plaintiff-side employment attorneys to pursue in wage-and-hour arbitrations. At the session, Ms. Teukolsky will guide a conversation with Amy Semmel, a mediator and arbitrator at Semmel ADR, Steven Tindall, a partner at Gibbs Law Group LLP, and Jason Whooper, Managing Attorney at W Law.
CELA is a statewide organization that works to protect and expand the legal rights of workers through litigation, education, and advocacy. Their annual employment law conferences provide days-long arrays of educational sessions and talks in addition to serving as networking forums for California’s plaintiff-side employment attorneys. This year’s conference is in San Francisco and will begin on Thursday, September 28th. The conference will conclude on Friday, September 30th. Ms. Teukolsky has worked to protect employees’ rights for over two decades and regularly speaks at events and panels on employment law. Most recently, Ms. Teukolsky appeared on a pair of panels hosted by the Alameda County Bar Association and Beverly Hills Bar Association. To learn more about Ms. Teukolsky’s practice, click here. For more information on CELA’s 36th Annual Employment Law Conference and a complete schedule of its sessions, click here.  Lauren Teukolsky will speak on a panel for the Alameda County Bar Association’s (ACBA) Labor and Employment Symposium on Friday, September 15th. The panel is titled, “In Viking River’s Wake: Two Supreme Courts on the Future of PAGA,” and will focus on the viability of PAGA actions following the US Supreme Court’s opinion in Viking River and the California Supreme Court’s decision in Adolph v. Uber Technologies.
Ms. Teukolsky will appear on the panel alongside Arthur Gaus, a partner at Kaufman Dolowich. The pairing will allow viewers to hear analysis from an employee’s perspective, represented by Ms. Teukolsky, and an employer’s perspective, represented by Mr. Gaus. Ms. Teukolsky’s commentary on both Viking River and Adolph v. Uber has been featured in a variety of publications, including Bloomberg Law, Daily Journal and Law.com. She also previously discussed the cases on panels presented by the Beverly Hills Bar Association, Los Angeles County Bar Association, and California Employment Lawyer Association. The panel will take place over Zoom in addition to several other panels being presented at the ACBA symposium. For more information on the panels and how to view them, click here. For more information on Ms. Teukolsky’s work and her firm, click here.  Lauren Teukolsky will speak on a Beverly Hills Bar Association (BHBA) webinar on August 22 on the future of California’s Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) following the state’s highly anticipated Supreme Court ruling in Adolph v. Uber Technologies, Inc.. Chris Jalian, a Partner at Paul Hastings, LLP, will join Ms. Teukolsky on the webinar. Nazgole Hashemi, Co-Founder of LegalAxxis, Inc., will serve as moderator for the event.
The webinar will examine what the Adolph v. Uber ruling means for employees and employers, with Ms. Teukolsky representing the employees’ perspective and Mr. Jalian representing the employers’ perspective. In the ruling, the Court held that California’s workers could continue to pursue PAGA labor claims on behalf of their coworkers even if their individual labor claims were forced into arbitration. Experts considered the ruling to be a big win for the state’s workers. Ms. Teukolsky’s commentary on Adolph v. Uber was previously featured in several articles by Bloomberg Law and Law.com. The BHBA’s Labor and Employment section will present the webinar. The section provides a forum for labor and employment attorneys and neutrals to network, share ideas, and learn about the latest issues and trends in the field. The webinar will take place on Tuesday, August 22 from 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm PT via ZOOM. To register, click here. On April 26, 2023, Lauren Teukolsky will discuss hot topics in employment settlement agreements for a program put on by the Southern California Labor and Employment Relations Association (SoCal LERA). Ms. Teukolsky will be joined by fellow panelists Jonathan Judge, a partner at Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo, and Jade M. Brewster, an associate at Jackson Lewis. The panel will be moderated by Angela J. Reddock-Wright, a mediator at Signature Resolution.
The webinar’s focus will be confidentiality and non-disparagement provisions in settlements and separation agreements, a subject that has taken on increased complexity in light of the recent McLaren Macomb decision from the National Labor Relations Board. Ms. Teukolsky’s commentary on the decision was recently featured in an article by Law360. Ms. Teukolsky has also written about employment settlement agreements for Advocate Magazine. SoCal LERA is a regional chapter of the Labor and Employment Relations Association, an organization where Human Resources professions and attorneys from both sides of the aisle share ideas and learn about new developments and practices in the field. To sign up for the webinar, click here. To learn more about Ms. Teukolsky and her practice, click here. If you’re an employee and believe you’re being treated unlawfully, click here to get in touch with our office. On Thursday, October 20th, Lauren Teukolsky spoke on a panel of labor and employment attorneys for a class at the University of Las Vegas, Nevada’s (UNLV) William S. Boyd School of Law. Ms. Teukolsky’s fellow panelists included Donald Dowling, a shareholder at Littler Mendelson in New York City, and Reuben Guttman, the founder and owner of Guttman, Buschner & Brooks in Washington D.C.
At the panel, Ms. Teukolsky discussed her path into workplace law and her current work. She also fielded questions from students about the top issues in employment law and how students should prepare themselves to join the field. Ms. Teukolsky has fought to protect employees’ rights for over 20 years and regularly speaks on panels on topics of employment law and litigation. To learn more about Ms. Teukolsky and her practice, click here. If you’re an employee and believe you’re being treated unlawfully, click here to get in touch with our office. |
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