Alison S. Hightower
Littler Mendelson PC
Articles
Ninth Circuit Holds Employers May Provide a Standalone Background Check Disclosure Concurrently With Other Documents
USA - April 27 2020 On April 24, 2020, the Ninth Circuit held that the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) permits an employer to provide job applicants with a background…
New Year, New Local Ban-the-Box Restrictions on Background Checks
USA - February 12 2020 With the start of a New Year—and a new decade—employers in San Francisco, California, Waterloo, Iowa, and Grand Rapids, Michigan, must follow new…
High Alert for California Employers and Employers Nationwide for the Second Wave of FCRA Class Actions
USA - October 19 2017 The flurry of Fair Credit Reporting Act (“FCRA”) class actions against employers started in or about 2012 and was not limited to California.1 Many of…
9th Circuit joins other Circuits requiring facts in FLSA complaints
USA - November 17 2014 The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has joined the First, Second, and Third Circuits in requiring employees asserting claims for unpaid…
Nurses must go it alone: Federal Court denies class certification on California meal & rest break claims
USA - November 7 2013 Despite the effort of the California Supreme Court to set forth definitive guidelines on meal and rest period obligations in last year's seminal…
