High-Profile Employment Appeals with Glenn Danas

The California Appellate Law Podcast

Employment and class-action attorney Glenn Danas has argued 49 appeals in state and federal appellate courts throughout the country, including a current streak of eight consecutive reversals. Glenn talks with us about litigating the landmark Iskanian case, and how he turned the panel that initially issued a 148-page tentative against his client.

Glenn also shares:

• Appeals on contingency? Yes, it can work, in the right case.
• About that ABC test: yes, some workers would prefer to be contractors, but more would rather be employees.
• About the judicial bias for arbitration: the original purpose was for those oddball cases—think shipwrecks—where jurisdiction and venue were uncertain, not for every garden-variety lawsuit.

Glenn Danas’s biography, LinkedIn profile, and X (fka Twitter) feed.

Appellate Specialist Jeff Lewis' biography, LinkedIn profile, and Twitter feed.

Appellate Specialist Tim Kowal's biography, LinkedIn profile, Twitter feed, and YouTube page.

Sign up for Not To Be Published, Tim Kowal’s weekly legal update, or view his blog of recent cases.

The California Appellate Law Podcast thanks Casetext for sponsoring the podcast. Listeners receive a discount on Casetext Basic Research at casetext.com/CALP. The co-hosts, Jeff and Tim, were also invited to try Casetext’s newest technology, CoCounsel, the world’s first AI legal assistant. You can discover CoCounsel for yourself with a demo and free trial at casetext.com/CoCounsel.

Other items discussed in the episode:

• Iskanian v. CLS Transp. Los Angeles, LLC
• Fuentes v. Empire Nissan, Inc. (Dave Ettinger’s write-up)
• LA Times on Beachbody class-action
• Videos from this episode will be posted at Tim Kowal’s YouTube channel.