iv Litigating CA Wage & Hour Class and PAGA Actions (23rd Edition) Seyfarth Shaw LLP | www.seyfarth.com A. General Scope of the Law......................................................................................97 B. Requirement to Exhaust Administrative Remedies................................................100 C. Scope of the “Civil Penalty” Provisions .................................................................103 D. Pursuing PAGA Claims Collectively Without Class Certification .........................................................................................................105 E. Whether PAGA Claims Can Be Stricken As Unmanageable..................................106 F. Release of PAGA Claims Through Class Settlement.............................................109 G. Wage Order Claims .............................................................................................111 H. Class-Like Discovery for PAGA Claims.................................................................113 XIV. Unfair Competition Claims, Business & Professions Code Section 17200.........115 A. Former Law—Pre-Proposition 64 .........................................................................115 B. Reform of the Law—Passage of Proposition 64....................................................116 C. Proposition 64’s Restrictions on UCL Class Actions..............................................117 D. Federal Courts Lack Jurisdiction Over UCL Claims For Restitution When There Is An Adequate Remedy At Law......................................118 XV. Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 .............................................................................121 A. The Purpose of the Act ........................................................................................121 B. General Requirements ......................................................................................... 121 C. Removal Under CAFA..........................................................................................122 1. The Timeliness Requirement For A CAFA Removal................................................................................................. 122 2. Premature Removal and Sanctions.........................................................123 3. Establishing The “Amount In Controversy” In A CAFA Removal ......................................................................................123 4. The Amount In Controversy Does Not Include Non-Class Action Claims ........................................................................126 D. Exceptions to CAFA Jurisdiction...........................................................................126 1. Local Controversy Exception ..................................................................126 2. Home State Exception............................................................................127 E. Waiver .................................................................................................................127 F. After Removal and Effect of Denial of Class Certification ......................................128 G. Settlement Process..............................................................................................129 XVI. Class Certification ........................................................................................................133 A. General Requirements ......................................................................................... 133 B. Class Certification in Exempt Misclassification Cases...........................................134
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