BUSINESS AND EMPLOYMENT ADVICE AND LITIGATION

DVG Law Group is a boutique litigation law firm specializing in complex commercial and business disputes, employment advice, counseling and litigation, as well as wage and hour and class action defense. DVG's business savvy attorneys work with clients to understand their business and provide advice and legal strategies that make business and financial sense.

DVG specializes in representing companies in the hospitality industry and its attorneys are experienced in pre-litigation counseling and aggressively litigating matters for hotel, restaurant, nightclub, winery, and food & beverage company owners, operators, managers, licensors, and franchisors.

The attorneys at DVG have an impressive track record of successfully defending clients in a range of employment matters, business disputes, and class action litigation. DVG has litigated countless cases regarding wrongful and constructive termination, retaliation, harassment, discrimination, failure to accommodate, ADA accessibility, website accessibility, tip-pooling, and wage and hour violations.

Beyond the courtroom, DVG advises ownership, operators and management on day-to-day issues relating to employees, contractors, vendors, and customers. Among other things, DVG's attorneys advise clients on employment practices and workplace safety, counsel clients on compliance with state and federal labor and employment laws, conduct workplace audits, prepare and negotiate business and employment agreements, employee manuals and policies.

As an added value to DVG's clients, DVG's attorneys and staff are fluent in Spanish, German, and French. DVG regularly prepares agreements, policies, and employment-related materials, and provides state-mandated sexual harassment and other trainings, for both English and Spanish speaking personnel.

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REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS

• Employment Litigation: Secured dismissal with prejudice of a prominent nightclub in Los Angeles after filing successful demurrer and motion for sanctions against employee alleging injuries he supposedly suffered during the course of his employment at the nightclub which he claims were caused by a world-famous artist and rapper.
• Employment Litigation: Obtained a temporary restraining order against the former employee of a furniture company who attempted to form a competing business using the company's confidential and proprietary information.
• Employment Litigation: Successfully enforced arbitration agreement and favorably settled lawsuit involving allegations of sexual discrimination, retaliation, wrongful termination, tip-pooling, and wage and hour violations against a premier restaurant and nightclub.
• Employment Litigation: Defeated allegations against a bottling company for wrongful termination, sexual discrimination, and breach of contract after a successful demurrer. Obtained sanctions against plaintiff for discovery violations. Plaintiff appealed, and the Court of Appeal affirmed its judgment on the decision in the client's favor.
• General Litigation: Obtained summary judgment in favor of a nightclub in which the plaintiff alleged $60 million in damages resulting from an accident that occurred after leaving the nightclub.
• Wage and Hour Litigation: Favorably settled proposed class action involving joint employer issues and alleged violations of California's wage and hour laws, prior to the client incurring the expense of formal discovery and motion practice.
• Class Action Defense: Defeated class certification against plaintiffs who alleged multi-billion dollars in damages, and in favor of the makers of the leading energy shot in the U.S. market.
• Business Litigation: Obtained a substantial award in international arbitration between two Mexican companies fighting over the distribution rights to an energy drink, in which most of the evidence and testimony was in Spanish.

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