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Legal Niche Exploiting California’s Businesses Suffers a Supreme Court Blow

Legal Niche Exploiting California’s Businesses Suffers a Supreme Court Blow
The Supreme Court building in Washington on June 21, 2022. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
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Commentary
With the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent 8-1 ruling in Viking River Cruises, Inc. v. Moriana (pdf), limiting the ability for employees to sue under California’s Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA), state lawmakers are faced with a unique opportunity to finally fix a problem that has long weighed our state’s economy down. That is, if they have the courage to do so.
John Moorlach
John Moorlach
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John Moorlach is the director of the California Policy Center's Center for Public Accountability. He has served as a California State Senator and Orange County Supervisor and Treasurer-Tax Collector. In 1994, he predicted the County's bankruptcy and participated in restoring and reforming the sixth most populated county in the nation.
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