California Court of Appeal Rules that Challenge to Google’s Confidentiality Agreements May Proceed Past the Pleading Stage
By EsqSocial Corporation 29/10/20
On September 21, 2020, in a published 2-1 opinion in Doe v. Google Inc., the California Court of Appeal (Dist. 1, Div. 4), permitted three current and former Google employees to proceed with their challenge of Google’s confidentiality agreement as unlawfully overbroad and anti-competitive under the California Private Attorneys General Act (“PAGA”) (Lab. Code § 2698 et seq.). In doing so, the Court of Appeal reversed the trial court’s order sustaining Google’s demurrer on the basis of preemption...
By: Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP