Haeggquist & Eck, LLP partner Kathleen Herkenhoff has been appointed to serve on the Plaintiffs' Executive Committee for a massive class action lawsuit against Apple. The case, In re: Apple Inc. Device Performance Litigation, focuses on claims that Apple sold materially defective iPhones and iPads worldwide over a multi-year period, and that Apple purposefully caused further impairment to the performance [...]

Last year, HAE partners Alreen Haeggquist and Aaron Olsen secured a $492,000 verdict against Kaiser Permanente on behalf of a former medical assistant the jury found was wrongfully terminated due to her son’s medical condition.  The verdict came on the heels of a four-week trial in San Diego Superior Court and marked the first time a novel "associational discrimination" theory [...]

EPIC SYSTEMS CORP. V. LEWIS: THE SUPREME COURT DELIVERS A MAJOR BLOW TO EMPLOYEES Last month, the U.S. Supreme Court delivered an uppercut to workers’ rights by approving “class action waivers” in private arbitration clauses. In Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis, the Supreme Court (5-4) held that employers can prevent employees from bringing class actions [...]

On April 10, 2018, the world “celebrated” the 22nd official Equal Pay Day. Sadly, April 10th symbolizes how far into the year women must work to earn what men earned the previous year.[1] Even worse, for African-American women, Equal Pay Day does not come until August 7th, and Hispanic women must wait until November 1st.[2] [...]

By Kathleen A. Herkenhoff, Esq. On March 20, 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision in Cyan, Inc. et al. v. Beaver County Employees Retirement Fund et al., No. 15-1439 (the “Cyan Opinion”), finding that the Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act of 1998 (“SLUSA”) did not alter the longstanding provisions of the Securities [...]

This week we're highlighting employment law associate Jenna Rangel, a San Diego native who shares her North Park home with her husband Pedro and her one-year-old son Santiago. Why San Diego? When you’re born and raised in this weather, you can’t live anywhere else! What inspired you to pursue a career in law? It was a slow [...]

By Kathleen A. Herkenhoff, Esq. While Frances McDormand’s newly-minted Oscar statuette[1] may have disappeared at a post-Oscars’ party on Sunday night, Ms. McDormand’s utterance of the words “inclusion rider” during her acceptance speech has left an indelible impression. While the terminology may sound like the title of a new movie, a “rider,” as used in [...]

We're thrilled to announce that HAE managing partner Alreen Haeggquist was nominated for the University of California San Diego's prestigious 40 Under 40 award!  And she was in great -- and limited!-- company: out of nearly 107,000 alumni under 40, Alreen was one of only 225 nominees. UC San Diego's 40 Under 40 Alumni Awards [...]

As we reach the end of February, it is safe to say that we are warming up to 2018. Rather than dwell on the fact that time has flown by remarkably fast, it is worth nothing that the new year has ushered in favorable new legislation and court decisions for employees (and prospective employees)! It’s [...]