Yongqing Douglas Yang

Practice Details

• Firm Information
  Position

  Associate

  Firm Name

  Sheppard Mullin
• Representative Cases & Transactions
  Cases

  Experience: First chaired wage
  hour trial involving allegations of unpaid bonuses brought against restaurant group in Ventura County Superior Court, resulting in favorable defense verdict.
  Second chaired one-week ERISA bench trial, on behalf of security systems company, involving legal issues of first impression in the Central District of California, resulting in favorable defense verdict.
  Second chaired arbitration involving allegations of race/national origin discrimination, retaliation
  harassment, brought against hospital system, resulting in favorable defense award.
  Part of the trial team that litigated one-week arbitration hearing on behalf of medical technology company against former corporate executive who asserted claims of breach of contract, unpaid wages,
  defamation, resulting in favorable defense award
  further award of counterclaims against the executive.
  Obtained temporary restraining order
  preliminary injunction against C-suite executives in trade secrets lawsuit filed in the Central District of California, which resulted in the issuance of a Court-ordered permanent injunction against the executives.
  Obtained summary judgment on behalf of hospital system against former health care provider, who alleged violations of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act.
  Obtained court-ordered dismissal with prejudice of PAGA lawsuit brought against national manufacturing company.
  Obtained favorable defense award from DLSE as to administrative complaint brought against national restaurant group, which asserted allegations of improper tip calculations
  withholdings.
  Obtained favorable defense award from DLSE as to administrative complaint brought against retail grocery store, which alleged violations of COVID-19 related paid sick leave laws.
  Obtained dismissal of DLSE claim concerning alleged unpaid commissions brought by outside sales commissioned salesperson.
  Successfully compelled individualized arbitration of putative class action plaintiff's wage-
  -hour claims.
  Achieved approximately 98 percent reduction in damages
  penalties sought by commissioned salesperson.