Crystal Ball – How Will the Supreme Court Rule in the Alameda County Sheriffs Vested Rights Case?
You heard it here. Today, the California Supreme Court heard arguments in another highly anticipated vested rights case.
RPLG Presented to League on the “California Rule”
Linda Ross, Of Counsel for RPLG, recently spoke on vested rights and the “California Rule.”
Pension Reform: In the Wake of the Supreme Court’s Landmark Cal Fire Decision, Is the Glass Half Empty or Half Full?
In the process of attempting to insert a legal framework in the vesting doctrine, the Cal Fire Court significantly limits the grounds under which a benefit can become vested.
California Supreme Court Clarifies Law on Vested Pension Rights
The Court is taking a hard look at the vested rights doctrine, and views it to be significantly more limited than the prevailing understanding of the doctrine.
RPLG Spoke at CCAC Spring Employment Law Conference
RPLG Partner Jon Holtzman and Associate Ian Long presented a session at the County Counsels’ Association of California Spring Employment Law Conference on the topic of vested rights.
RPLG Speaks on Vested Rights with The Rutter Group
Jon Holtzman and Linda Ross are on deck to discuss public employee pensions as vested rights alongside The Rutter Group in June 2018.
Fixed labor agreement didn’t provide ‘vested’ right to retiree health benefits
The court found that a “vested” right to retiree health benefits may not be inferred from a labor agreement that is fixed in duration absent “a clear basis in the contract or convincing extrinsic evidence.”
Harder to dismiss cases challenging loss of “vested” benefits
Recent court decisions illustrate the difficulty public employers face after the California Supreme Court’s decision in Retired Employees Assn. of Orange County, Inc. v. County of Orange (known as REAOC).
Governing in the space between
Effective local governance is another victim of the increasingly polarized world of politics. On one side, strains of the Tea Party refrain that government is the problem can be heard everywhere.
Redding v. IBEW: Is the past or the future calling?
While I think this case badly misreads the MOU, it’s best to avoid using the term “future” in a document that’s intended to have limited duration.