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SAN MATEO COUNTY
Mia Farber (SBN 131467)
Adam Y. Siegel (SBN 238568) JUL 29-2019
JACKSON LEWIS, P.C.
725 S. Figueroa, Suite 2500
Los Angeles, CA 90017
Mia.Farber@jacksonlewis.com
Adam. Siegel@jacksonlewis.com
Telephone: (213) 689-0404
Facsimile: (213) 689-0430
Dylan B. Carp (SBN 196846)
Scott P. Jang (SBN 260191)
JACKSON LEWIS P.C.
50 California Street, 9th Floor —
San Francisco, CA 94111 hag 01795 —
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12 ADECCO USA INC.
13 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
14 COUNTY OF SAN MATEO
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16 RACHEL MONIZ, on behalf of the State of Case No. 17-CIV-01736
California and aggrieved employees,
17 DEFENDANT’S OBJECTIONS IN
18 Plaintiff, SUPPORT OF OPPOSITION TO PAOLA
CORREA AND BAKER CURTIS &
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20 ADECCO USA, INC. and DOES 1-50. 1. NOTICE OF INTENTION TO VACATE
inclusive. JUDGMENT AND/OR FOR A NEW os
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SETTLEMETN HEARING PURSUANT
22 Defendants. TO CCP §§ 659(a)(2) AND 663A(A)(2)
AND/OR CCP § 1008(B);
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24 2. NOTICE OF MOTION AND MOTION
TO VACATE JUDGMENT AS VOID
25 PURSUANT TO CCP § 437(d) AND
BECAUSE OF FRAUD
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27 Date August 22, 2019
Time: 10 a.m.
28 Dept. 2 [Assigned for All Purposes to
Hon. Marie S. Weiner]
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DEFENDANT’S OBJECTIONS IN SUPPORT OF OPPOSITION Case No. 17-CIV-01736
Jd Complaint Filed:
Trial Date:
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DEFENDANT’S OBJECTIONS IN SUPPORT OF OPPOSITION Case No. 17-CIV-01736
TO THE HONORABLE COURT AND TO PLAINTIFFS AND THEIR ATTORNEYS
OF RECORD:
Defendant Adecco USA, Inc. respectfully submits the following objections.
OBJECTIONS TO PAOLA CORREA AND BAKER CURTIS & SCHWARTZ’S: 1.
NOTICE OF INTENTION TO VACATE JUDGMENT AND/OR FOR A NEW
SETTLEMENT HEARING PURSUANT TO CCP §§ 659(a)(2) AND 663A(A)(2) AND/OR
CCP § 1008: 3; 2. NOTICE OF MOTION AND MOTION TO VACATE JUDGMENT AS
VOID PURSUANT TO CCP § 437(d) AND BECAUSE OF FRAUD
No. Material Objected to: Grounds for Objection:
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1 Notice in its entirety. Rule 3.1113(d), rules of court.
11 The Notice consists almost
entirely of 13 pages of
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argument. When combined with
13 the 15-page Memorandum of
Points and Authorities, this
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in violation of the 15-page limit
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under Rule 3.1113(d)
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V7 OBJECTIONS TO DECLARATION OF CHRIS BAKER
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19 No. Material Objected to: Grounds for Objection:
20 2. Declaration in its entirety. A party may not introduce
additional evidence in
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connection with a motion under
22 Code of Civ. Pro. section 663.
(Plaza Hollister Ltd.
23 Partnership v. County of San
24 Benito (1999) 72 Cal.App.4th 1,
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is a remedy to be used when a
26 trial court draws incorrect
conclusions of law or renders an
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erroneous judgment on the basis
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DEFENDANT’S OBJECTIONS IN SUPPORT OF OPPOSITION Case No. 17-CIV-01736
No. Material Objected to: Grounds for Objection:
3 “On January 3, 2017, I requested Correa's personnel
and payroll records from Adecco in accordance with Lacks Foundation (Evid. Code
the California Labor Code. On February 2, 2017, I section 403); Hearsay (Evid.
received the records. Among other things, these Code section 1200)
records included a copy of the Associate NDA. and
Commitment Sheet signed by Correa, as well as the
Employee Handbook applicable to Correa's
employment. I also received Correa's wage
statements, which I reviewed. According to these
wage statements, Correa worked 49 pay periods
between February 1, 2016 and December 18, 2016.”
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12 “T downloaded a copy of this report from Adecco's
website on June 21, 2019. According to its annual Lacks Foundation (Evid. Code
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report, Adecco "is the leader in the world of HR section 403); Hearsay (Evid.
14 Solutions." It is the largest staffing Code section 1200)
firm in the world (with 5% market share) and it
15 employs, at any one time, 700,000 associates who
16 work at more than 100,000 clients. Adecco
describes its competitive strengths as including
17 "knowledge of complex labour regulations" and the
“ability to manage large contingent workforces." In
18 2018, Adecco claimed revenue in excess of twenty-
19 three billion euros and gross profits in excess of
more than four billion euros.”
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Google's largest provider of temporary labor. Lacks Foundation (Evid. Code
25 Attached to this declaration as Exhibit 3 is the section 403); Hearsay (Evid.
declaration of a Google senior contracts manager Code section 1200)
26 stating this fact. This declaration was filed in
support of Google's and Adecco's motion to seal
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their Temporary Staffing Services Agreement
28 (TSSA) in the Doe case. The motion to seal was
denied. Attached to this declaration as Exhibit 4 is a
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No. | Material Objected to: Grounds for Objection:
copy of the operative TSSA between Google and
Adecco. I received this document from Adecco
during discovery in the Doe case.”
(Baker Dec, 7, page 3.)
“Attached to this declaration as Exhibit 5 is a
copy of Google's Data Classification Guidelines. Lacks Foundation (Evid. Code
Attached to this declaration as Exhibit 6 is a copy of | section 403); Hearsay (Evid.
Google's Employee Communication Policy. Code section 1200)
Attached to this declaration as Exhibit 7 is a copy of
10 Google's Communication and Disclosure Policy.
Attached to this declaration as Exhibit 8 is a copy of
il Google's internal and confidential code of conduct.
Attached to this declaration as Exhibit 9 are the
12 relevant excerpts of Google's "You Said What?"
13 Training Program. These policies and training
programs were produced by Google in discovery in
14 the Doe case. According to the deposition
testimony of Google witnesses, these policies and
15 training programs were all in effect throughout
16 Correa's employment at Google.”
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“The Google Temp Non-Disclosure Agreement
20 ‘NDA’ contains the adult content release that was Lacks Foundation (Evid. Code
also at issue in Doe. According to Adecco's section 403); Hearsay (Evid.
21 discovery responses in the Doe case. 2,256 Adecco Code section 1200)
Associates were required to sign the Google Temp
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NDA (with the adult content release) between
23 February 16, 2016 and March 16, 2017. These
Adecco Associates, all of whom were subject to
24 Google's and Adecco's confidentiality requirements,
worked a total of 87,845 pay periods between
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February 16, 2017 and March 16, 2017.”
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(Baker Dec, 4 9, page 3:27-4:4.)
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DEFENDANT’S OBJECTIONS IN SUPPORT OF OPPOSITION Case No. 17-CIV-01736
1 No. Material Objected to: Grounds for Objection:
8 “The ‘stacked’ value of the PAGA claims as to
Adecco arising from Correa's employment at Lacks Foundation (Evid. Code
Google is at least $58,900. I calculate this amount as section 403); Unqualified Expert
follows: Labor Code §§ 98.6 and 1102.5 each (Evid. Code section 720);
provides for a $10,000 civil penalty for every Impermissible Lay Opinion
violation. Labor Code §§ 98.6(b)(3), 1102.5(f). I (Evid. Code section 800);
assume for purposes of this calculation that the Hearsay (Evid. Code section
1200)
employer is only liable for one violation per
employee for a violation of Labor Code §§ 98.6 and
1102.5. Thus, $20,000 per employee.”
(Baker Dec, { 10, page 4.)
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“J assume here, based on a ruling by the Doe court,
12 that the penalty under Labor Code § 432.5 is only Lacks Foundation (Evid. Code
$100 per employee because the employee only signs section 403); Unqualified Expert
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the Associate NDA once. Penalties under Labor (Evid. Code section 720);
14 Code §§ 96(k), 232, 232.5 and 1197.5, on the other Impermissible Lay Opinion
hand, are on a per-pay-period/per-employee basis. (Evid. Code section 800);
15 Stacking these penalties results in, at a minimum, an Hearsay (Evid. Code section
16 additional $38,900 in penalties arising from Correa's 1200)
employment alone, for a total of $59,900. Correa's
17 share of these civil penalties is thus at least
$14,725.”
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21 10. “Performing the same calculation across all of
Adecco's Google-based Associates between Lacks Foundation (Evid. Code
22 February 16, 2016 and March 16, 2017, the section 403); Unqualified Expert
23 ‘stacked’ value of the PAGA claims against Adecco (Evid. Code section 720);
is, at a minimum, $114,719,200, with each Impermissible Lay Opinion
24 Associate's 25% share being, on average, a (Evid. Code section 800);
minimum of at least $12,712.” Hearsay (Evid. Code section
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No. Material Objected to: Grounds for Objection:
IL. “Neither party informed the Court that there was
an individual settlement agreement placing Lacks Foundation (Evid. Code
restrictions on Moniz's ability to act as a PAGA section 403); Unqualified Expert
representative in this case.” (Evid. Code section 720);
Impermissible Lay Opinion
(Baker Dec, { 13, page 4:25-5:4.) (Evid. Code section 800);
Hearsay (Evid. Code section
1200)
12. “Attached to this declaration as Exhibit 12 is a
March 5, 2018 letter from Adecco's counsel to Lacks Foundation (Evid. Code
Moniz's counsel meeting and conferring on the section 403); Hearsay (Evid.
"scope issue." I received this letter from Adecco Code section 1200)
10 following the April 3, 2018 mediation between
Correa and Adecco as part of the meet and confer
I process. Page 8 of this letter states: "As counsel is
aware, Moniz is barred from amending her
12 Complaint and/or PAGA notice in this action
13 due to the confidential settlement agreement
between Moniz, Adecco, and Google.”
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OBJECTIONS TO DECLARATION OF PAOLA CORREA
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No. Material Objected to: Grounds for Objection:
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Declaration in its entirety. A party may not introduce
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connection with a motion under
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Code of Civ. Pro. section 663.
23 (Plaza Hollister Ltd.
Partnership v. County of San
24 Benito (1999) 72 Cal-App.4th 1,
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[Code of Civ. Pro.] section 663
26 is a remedy to be used when a
trial court draws incorrect
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erroneous judgment on the basis
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of uncontroverted evidence”].)
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DEFENDANT’S OBJECTIONS IN SUPPORT OF OPPOSITION Case No. 17-CIV-01736
1 DATED: July 29, 2019 JACKSON LEWIS, P.C.
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By: Mia Farber
Adam Y. Siegel
Dylan B. Carp
Scott P. Jang
Attorneys for Defendant
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