June 20, 2025|Articles/Op-eds

What Calif. Appeals Split Means For Litigating PAGA Claims

By Graham Lambert, Rochelle Calderon

Two recent decisions in the California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District — Williams v. Alacrity Solutions Group LLC[1] and Osuna v. Spectrum Security Services Inc.[2] — have highlighted the thorniest issues in Private Attorneys General Act litigation: standing and timeliness.

Both cases involve former employees who filed PAGA claims more than one year after their employment ended, yet the courts reached opposite conclusions about whether those claims could proceed.

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