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Emma C. Cunningham

Managing Associate
  • 労働・雇用・移民
  • 不法行為
  • 消費者詐欺事件／製品集団訴訟
  • 消費者向け製品・サービス関連訴訟
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EMMA C. CUNNINGHAM represents employers in employment litigation and advises clients on a range of workplace matters, with a focus on developing practical, business-oriented solutions to manage risk and resolve disputes effectively. She works with clients on claims involving discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wage-and-hour issues, and other employment-related matters.

Emma externed for The Honorable Virginia A. Phillips of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, gaining insight into federal litigation and judicial decision-making. While in law school, she served as editor-in-chief of the Southern California Review of Law and Social Justice, where she published a note examining challenges to arbitration agreements in the Ninth Circuit.

経験

Representative Matters

Employment

  • Wage-and-hour class actions under California law alleging off-the-clock work, unpaid overtime, meal and rest period violations, wage statement violations, unreimbursed expenses, sick pay issues, rounding, and untimely payment of wages.
  • Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) representative actions.
  • Discrimination, retaliation, and harassment (age, race, sex, gender, disability) — individual and class actions.
  • Antitrust litigation concerning employee practices, including non-competes.
  • Advice and counseling to employers addressing wage-and-hour, discrimination, and retaliation issues.

Consumer Protection, Advertising, and Product

  • Nationwide and California class actions alleging false or deceptive advertising of food, beverage, and consumer products, including efficacy of ingredients and hidden fee claims.
  • California mass tort claims brought by consumers and governmental agencies involving personal injury.
  • Nationwide and California class actions brought under the Consumers Legal Remedies Act, Unfair Competition Law, and False Advertising Law.

The above matters were handled prior to joining Sidley.

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Membership & Activities

  • Member, Federal Bar Association Orange County Chapter - Young Lawyers’ Division, Planning Committee
  • Member, Los Angeles County Bar Association
  • Member, Orange County Bar Association (CA)

資格

弁護士資格・登録
  • California
  • U.S. District Court, N.D. of California
  • U.S. District Court, C.D. of California
学歴
  • University of Southern California Gould School of Law, 法務博士, 2021
  • University of California, Berkeley, B.A., 2016, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa

得意分野

ニュース＆インサイト

  • Author, “An Epic Impact on Access to Justice? Savings Clause Challenges to Arbitration Agreements in the Ninth Circuit Before and After Epic Systems,” Southern California Review of Law and Social Justice, 2021.