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Federal court certifies class in FEHA discrimination case.

O'Malley and Erlewine discussed their recent success representing California workers in Raines v. US Healthworks.

The California Supreme Court featured Raines v. US Healthworks as one of four high profile cases in their “Year in Review” article.

Law360 named the firm one of its “legal lions” of the week for their work on behalf of employees in Raines v. US Healthworks (Case No. S273630).

The California Supreme Court issued its opinion in Raines v. US Healthworks (Case No. S273630), holding that an employer’s business entity agents can be held directly liable under the FEHA for employment discrimination.”

Firm partner Randy Erlewine argued before the California Supreme Court on behalf of clients Kristina Raines, Derrick Figg, and a putative class of over 500,000 aggrieved California job applicants who were subjected to discriminatory and invasive medical screenings.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta and ten leading disability and worker rights organizations led by Legal Aid at Work filed amicus briefs in the California Supreme Court in support of the firm’s clients in Raines v. U.S. Healthworks.

Randy Erlewine, Brian Conlon, and Kyle O’Malley filed a Reply Brief on behalf of workers in the California Supreme Court in Raines v. U.S. Healthworks.

Firm attorneys Randy Erlewine, Brian Conlon, and Kyle O’Malley filed plaintiffs’ opening brief in the California Supreme Court on behalf of clients Kristina Raines and Darrick Figg and a class of more than 500,000 California job applicants.

The Court will resolve the important question of whether a corporate agent acting on behalf of an employer can be independently liable for its violation of California’s discrimination laws (the Fair Employment and Housing Act – “FEHA”).

A Ninth Circuit panel certified a novel question of California law in the firm’s class action against U.S. Healthworks and Concentra to the California Supreme Court.

Firm lawyers Randy Erlewine, Kyle O’Malley, and Leah Romm today filed a reply to defendants’ answering brief in the Ninth Circuit, further contesting the district court’s dismissal of the firm’s clients’ class action complaint against the nation’s largest pre-employment medical screening provider.

Firm lawyers Randy Erlewine and Kyle O’Malley last week filed an opening appellate brief contesting a San Diego federal district court’s dismissal of their clients’ complaint against U.S. Healthworks.

The firm filed papers today opposing the motion to dismiss its clients’ statutory and common law claims arising from the pre-employment medical exams of approximately 500,000 California residents.