On Tuesday, October 23, 2018, NELA joined a coalition of civil and employee rights organizations in filing an amicus brief in support of the Plaintiff-Appellees in Acosta v. Austin Electrical Services , pending currently in the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. This case concerns the...
Acosta v. Austin Electrical Servs_NELA Impact Fund Amicus Brief_9th Cir_102318.pdf
On January 19, 2016 NELA joined the National Employment Law Project, the National Association of Consumer Advocates, the National Consumer Law Center, and Towards Justice in filing an amicus brief in support of the Plaintiff-Appellees in Mohamed/Gillette v. Uber . Our amicus brief makes...
Mohamed v Uber_NELA Amicus_9th Cir_FINAL.pdf
On July 21, 2014, NELA and AARP submitted an amicus curiae brief in Gabriel v. Alaska Electrical Pension Fund , No. 12-35458, pending in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, in support of plaintiff Gregory R. Gabriel’s petition for rehearing en banc . This case involves...
12-3548 AARP and NELA Amicus Brief_07.21.2014_FINAL.pdf
On March 28, 2013, NELA filed an amicus brief in support of a class of low-wage workers who are seeking rehearing before the Ninth Circuit in Wang v. Chinese Daily News . Plaintiffs, newspaper employees, brought suit under the Fair Labor Standards Act, California’s Unfair Business...
NELA Amicus Brief_Wang v Chinese Daily News re Rehearing Petition_03 28 132.pdf
The National Employment Lawyers Association joined the National Partnership for Women & Families, A Better Balance, California Women’s Law Center, Equal Rights Advocates, National Women’s Law Center, and 9to5, National Association of Working Women, on an amicus brief filed on...
Escriba_Final Amicus Brief_061312.pdf
NELA, The Employee Rights Advocacy Institute For Law & Policy (The Institute), and the California Employment Lawyers Association (CELA), filed an amicus brief urging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to grant the plaintiffs’ petition for rehearing en banc in Kilgore v....
NELA Amicus_final_04 02 12.pdf
On April 2, 2012, NELA, its public interest organization, The Employee Rights Advocacy Institute For Law & Policy (The Institute), and the California Employment Lawyers Association (CELA), filed an amicus brief urging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to grant the plaintiffs’...