Yesterday, Messing Adam & Jasmine LLP filed a Consolidated Answer to Amici Curiae in what will be among the last written submissions in CAL FIRE Local 2881 v. CalPERS et al. currently before the California Supreme Court. The State has also filed an Answer, which will be available on our website as soon as we receive a copy in our office.

Both of these briefs respond to fourteen briefs filed earlier this year on behalf of almost fifty amici. Local 2881's Answer Brief fights back against a flurry of factual and legal challenges raised for the first time by the State's amici and complements the briefs of our amici.

We do not know whether the California Supreme Court will invite oral argument or hold onto this case while the briefing is just getting underway in the Alameda County Deputy Sheriff's Association v. Alameda County Employees' Retirement Association case. We will keep you updated on any movement on these two cases or in the currently-on-hold Marin Association of Public Employees v. Marin County Employees' Retirement Association.

If you have any questions about this alert, please contact Yonatan Moskowitz at 415.266.1814 or yonatan@majlabor.com.