Ongoing Employee Protection Cases

WLF is currently litigating several wage-and-hour class action and PAGA representative action cases on behalf of employees across a range of industries, including on behalf of farm workers, retail store clerks, restaurant staff, factory workers, nursing and hospice care workers, janitors and hotel workers, construction workers, and security guards.  

WLF is also actively litigating claims on behalf of employees who have been discriminated against, harassed, and/or terminated based on age, sexual orientation, disability, or because they complained about what they reasonably believed was unlawful conduct by their employer.

Ongoing Consumer Protection Cases

Banks, et al. v. R.C. Bigelow, Inc.

On July 31, 2023, the Court certified a class of consumers who purchased certain Bigelow tea products in California based on allegations that they were falsely and deceptively advertised as Made in the USA. A copy of the Court’s Class Certification Order can be viewed here. The trial is currently scheduled to start in August 2024.

Newton, et al. v. R.C. Bigelow, Inc.

WLF and co-counsel are litigating a parallel action against R.C. Bigelow involving allegations that certain Bigelow tea products are falsely and deceptively advertised as Made in USA on behalf of a putative class of New York consumers. A copy of the operative complaint can be viewed here.

Rusoff, et al. v. The Happy Group, Inc.

In this action, pending in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, the plaintiffs allege that certain egg products sold by Happy Egg are falsely and deceptively labeled as pasture-raised eggs when they are only free-range eggs. A copy of the operative complaint can be viewed here.