vi Litigating CA Wage & Hour Class and PAGA Actions (23rd Edition) Seyfarth Shaw LLP | www.seyfarth.com 2. Protection Of Attorney Procured Witness Interviews From Discovery......................................................................169 XVIII. Class Action Settlement ..............................................................................................173 A. Generally ............................................................................................................. 173 B. Restrictions on Reversions of Settlement Funds...................................................173 C. Court Scrutiny of the Adequacy of the Settlement Amount ....................................176 D. Class Notice ........................................................................................................179 E. Objection to Settlements......................................................................................179 F. Individual Settlements with Putative Class Members.............................................180 XIX. Class Action Waivers and Arbitration .......................................................................185 A. Class Action Waivers and Arbitration Generally ....................................................185 B. The U.S. Supreme Court’s Epic Systems Decision ...............................................186 C. The Supreme Court Holds That Class Arbitration Must Be Expressly Agreed Upon........................................................................................187 D. The California Supreme Court’s Arbitration Waiver Exception for PAGA Claims..................................................................................................188 E. California Judicial Reactions to Iskanian and PAGA..............................................189 1. California Appellate Courts Continue to Keep PAGA Claims out of Arbitration...............................................................189 2. Federal District Courts in California Initially Declined to Follow Iskanian’s PAGA Exception, but the Ninth Circuit Ended That Debate.................................................190 F. The Return of the U.S. Supreme Court – The Viking River Decision ..............................................................................................................190 G. The California Supreme Court Counters Viking River – The Adolph Decision...................................................................................................191 H. Unconscionability Analysis Following Iskanian and Concepcion ......................................................................................................... 193 I. The Ninth Circuit Invalidates California’s Legislative Attacks on Employee Arbitration Agreements ...................................................................195 J. Enforcement of Arbitration Agreements By Non-Signatory Third Parties ........................................................................................................ 196 K. Trial Court Proceedings Are Automatically Stayed Pending An Interlocutory Appeal Of An Order Denying A Motion To Compel Arbitration ............................................................................................... 196 XX. Overview Of Joint Employer Liability ........................................................................199 A. Joint Employer Liability Standards Under The FLSA.............................................199
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