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  "reviewed": "2026-10-19",
  "selection": "Four reviewed matters from the recovered LWDA/DIR archive, with notice dates and court-supported chronologies. Each timeline ends at a signed approval order. This selected collection describes these records; it is not a census or a representative estimate of case duration.",
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      "title": "Ramirez / Speech Pathology — preliminary approval order",
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      "title": "Ramirez / Landscapes — filed complaint, notice and submission receipt",
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      "title": "Ramirez / Landscapes — filed stipulation and signed settlement order",
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      "id": "talbot-order",
      "title": "Talbot v. SkySlope, Inc. — signed final approval order",
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      "title": "Arceo v. Harbinder S. Brar, M.D., Inc. — signed final approval order",
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          "B": "LWDA-CM-1005170-24",
          "C": null,
          "D": "In Litigation",
          "E": "PAGA Notice",
          "F": "1/16/2024",
          "G": "Lavi and Ebrahimian, LLP",
          "H": "THE SPEECH PATHOLOGY GROUP, INC.",
          "I": "Walnut Creek",
          "J": "California",
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        "lwda_id": "LWDA-CM-1016034-24",
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          "B": "LWDA-CM-1016034-24",
          "C": null,
          "D": "Waiting for Penalty",
          "E": "PAGA Notice",
          "F": "3/11/2024",
          "G": "D.Law, Inc.",
          "H": "Skyslope, Inc.",
          "I": "Sacramento",
          "J": "California",
          "K": "95814"
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        "cells": {
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          "B": "LWDA-CM-1016925-24",
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          "D": "Close Case Review",
          "E": "PAGA Notice",
          "F": "3/16/2024",
          "G": "Tunyan Law, APC",
          "H": "Landscapes Unlimited, LLC",
          "I": "Lincoln",
          "J": "Nebraska",
          "K": "68512"
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          "B": "LWDA-CM-1021127-24",
          "C": null,
          "D": "Settlement Pending",
          "E": "PAGA Notice",
          "F": "4/9/2024",
          "G": "D.Law, Inc.",
          "H": "Harbinder S. Brar, M.D., Inc.",
          "I": "Redlands",
          "J": "California",
          "K": "92373"
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    {
      "slug": "ramirez-speech",
      "id": "LWDA-CM-1005170-24",
      "label": "Ramirez v. The Speech Pathology Group, Inc.",
      "court": "Contra Costa Superior Court",
      "courtNumber": "C24-00106, consolidated with C24-00798",
      "row": 59709,
      "dates": [
        "2024-01-16",
        "2024-01-16",
        "2026-05-13",
        "2026-09-23"
      ],
      "milestone": "Preliminary approval",
      "filing": "2026-09-23",
      "documents": [
        "speech-preliminary",
        "speech-final",
        "speech-paga-complaint"
      ],
      "notes": "The first complaint is the original class complaint, filed January 16, 2024 as recited by the court. The separate PAGA complaint was filed March 25, 2024. Preliminary approval was signed May 13 and filed May 15, 2026. Final approval was signed and filed September 23, 2026; the order separately requires later funding and distributions. Industry is not classified.",
      "identity": "The preliminary order identifies the lead class action and consolidated PAGA case. The separate complaint cover identifies C24-00798. The archive’s exact LWDA identifier joins the agency row; the court-caption employer agrees with the agency employer. The court orders are not represented as printing the LWDA identifier.",
      "review": "Both complete orders were read: nine preliminary-order pages and thirteen final-order pages. The separate PAGA complaint cover was visually inspected for its filing stamp and case identity. Its body has unreliable text encoding, so its original PDF is supplied without a purported reading transcript.",
      "limits": "Final-order PDF page 3 requires future funding; page 8 requires a distribution report by June 8, 2027; page 13 retains compliance supervision. Page 8 also calls the attached tentative ruling January 15, 2026, although the attachment discusses later 2026 events. That inconsistent recital is not used as a plotted date.",
      "events": [
        {
          "id": "notice",
          "label": "PAGA notice",
          "date": "2024-01-16",
          "support": "The court recites the notice date; DIR’s notice-filing entry independently matches it. See F59709 in the July 30, 2026 workbook.",
          "pins": [
            {
              "document": "speech-preliminary",
              "page": 7
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "complaint",
          "label": "Original class complaint",
          "date": "2024-01-16",
          "support": "The court expressly recites the original class-complaint filing date. This is distinct from the later PAGA complaint.",
          "pins": [
            {
              "document": "speech-preliminary",
              "page": 6
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "milestone",
          "label": "Preliminary approval signed",
          "date": "2026-05-13",
          "support": "Judicial signature date on PDF page 5; the court filing stamp on page 1 is May 15, 2026.",
          "pins": [
            {
              "document": "speech-preliminary",
              "page": 5
            },
            {
              "document": "speech-preliminary",
              "page": 1
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "endpoint",
          "label": "Final approval order and judgment signed",
          "date": "2026-09-23",
          "support": "Signed order on PDF page 8; court filing stamp on page 1. The attached adopted ruling enters judgment on page 13.",
          "pins": [
            {
              "document": "speech-final",
              "page": 8
            },
            {
              "document": "speech-final",
              "page": 1
            },
            {
              "document": "speech-final",
              "page": 13
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "paga-complaint",
          "label": "Additional event — separate PAGA complaint",
          "date": "2024-03-25",
          "support": "Electronic filing stamp on the complaint cover: March 25, 2024, 5:05 p.m., case C24-00798. This additional event is retained here without replacing the earlier original complaint.",
          "pins": [
            {
              "document": "speech-paga-complaint",
              "page": 1
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "slug": "ramirez-landscapes",
      "id": "LWDA-CM-1016925-24",
      "label": "Ramirez v. Landscapes Unlimited, LLC",
      "court": "Los Angeles Superior Court",
      "courtNumber": "24STCV12695",
      "row": 61344,
      "dates": [
        "2024-03-16",
        "2024-05-21",
        "2025-02-24",
        "2025-04-29"
      ],
      "milestone": "Mediation",
      "filing": "2025-04-29",
      "documents": [
        "landscapes-complaint",
        "landscapes-order"
      ],
      "notes": "Notice date is supported by the attached LWDA submission receipt. The complaint filing stamp establishes May 21, 2024. The parties’ joint stipulation reports mediation on February 24, 2025. The settlement order was signed and filed April 29, 2025; that is the approval endpoint, not proof of completed funding or distributions. Industry is not classified.",
      "identity": "The LWDA receipt in the complaint names the exact agency case number, plaintiff and employer. The court-stamped complaint and signed-order bundle identify court case 24STCV12695. The receipt and exact agency row agree on the notice date.",
      "review": "The complete complaint, attached notice and agency receipt were reviewed, along with the full joint stipulation and complete operative order (bundle pages 51–54). Agreement section 1.9 was read with adjacent definitions. The rest of the bundle remains available as received; the entire agreement is not represented as substantively reviewed.",
      "limits": "The operative order calls itself a final disposition while separately providing for future funding, payments and retained jurisdiction. PDF page 53 paragraphs 7 and 10 and page 54 preserve these distinctions. April 2, 2025 is the electronic receipt date of the stipulation, not the judicial signature or filing date.",
      "events": [
        {
          "id": "notice",
          "label": "Initial PAGA notice submitted",
          "date": "2024-03-16",
          "support": "The agency receipt identifies the exact LWDA number and submission date. The complete attached notice starts on PDF page 17; DIR workbook cell F61344 agrees.",
          "pins": [
            {
              "document": "landscapes-complaint",
              "page": 27
            },
            {
              "document": "landscapes-complaint",
              "page": 17
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "complaint",
          "label": "Complaint filed",
          "date": "2024-05-21",
          "support": "Court electronic FILED stamp on the complaint cover; the parties’ joint stipulation repeats this date in paragraph 3.",
          "pins": [
            {
              "document": "landscapes-complaint",
              "page": 1
            },
            {
              "document": "landscapes-order",
              "page": 2
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "milestone",
          "label": "Mediation",
          "date": "2025-02-24",
          "support": "The parties’ jointly submitted chronology, paragraph 5, reports an all-day mediation and agreement. This is a stipulated account of the event.",
          "pins": [
            {
              "document": "landscapes-order",
              "page": 3
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "endpoint",
          "label": "Final approval order and judgment signed",
          "date": "2025-04-29",
          "support": "Judge Doreen B. Boxer’s signature and date appear on PDF page 54; the FILED stamp on page 1 is the same date.",
          "pins": [
            {
              "document": "landscapes-order",
              "page": 54
            },
            {
              "document": "landscapes-order",
              "page": 1
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "slug": "talbot",
      "id": "LWDA-CM-1016034-24",
      "label": "Talbot v. SkySlope, Inc.",
      "court": "Superior Court of California, County of Sacramento",
      "courtNumber": "24CV004674",
      "row": 61166,
      "dates": [
        "2024-03-11",
        "2024-03-11",
        "2025-11-17",
        "2026-04-17"
      ],
      "milestone": "Revised preliminary approval",
      "filing": "2026-04-17",
      "documents": [
        "talbot-order"
      ],
      "notes": "Notice date comes from DIR’s July 30, 2026 agency workbook, cell F61166. The final-order caption recites the original complaint date; the order’s opening paragraph recites revised preliminary approval. Approval was signed 2026-04-17 and filed 2026-04-17. The signed approval endpoint does not establish completed payments or distributions. Industry is not classified.",
      "identity": "Exact archive filename LWDA identifier joins column B; court-caption defendant agrees with agency employer identity. Filename ID is archival join evidence; the order itself is not represented as printing the LWDA ID.",
      "review": "The complete final approval order was read and its caption, preliminary-approval recital and signature page visually inspected. The original notice, original complaint and earlier approval order were not independently retrieved; the displayed earlier dates are attributed to the agency entry and court recitals identified below.",
      "limits": "The order sets a later compliance hearing for February 26, 2027 (PDF page 8). The approval signature establishes the selected endpoint; it does not establish completed funding, distribution, appellate finality or the absence of later orders.",
      "events": [
        {
          "id": "notice",
          "label": "PAGA notice filing date",
          "date": "2024-03-11",
          "support": "DIR’s agency production, worksheet PAGA Notices - all time, cell F61166, joined on exact LWDA identifier in column B. This is an agency notice-date entry; the original notice was not independently inspected.",
          "pins": []
        },
        {
          "id": "complaint",
          "label": "Original complaint",
          "date": "2024-03-11",
          "support": "The final-order caption expressly lists the original complaint filing date. The original complaint itself was not inspected.",
          "pins": [
            {
              "document": "talbot-order",
              "page": 1
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "milestone",
          "label": "Revised preliminary approval",
          "date": "2025-11-17",
          "support": "The signed final order’s opening paragraph recites revised preliminary approval on this date. The earlier order itself was not inspected.",
          "pins": [
            {
              "document": "talbot-order",
              "page": 2
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "endpoint",
          "label": "Final approval order and judgment signed",
          "date": "2026-04-17",
          "support": "The visually inspected judicial signature date is 2026-04-17. The court FILED stamp is 2026-04-17; these are retained as separate events even when they coincide.",
          "pins": [
            {
              "document": "talbot-order",
              "page": 8
            },
            {
              "document": "talbot-order",
              "page": 1
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          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "slug": "arceo",
      "id": "LWDA-CM-1021127-24",
      "label": "Arceo v. Harbinder S. Brar, M.D., Inc.",
      "court": "Superior Court of California, County of Riverside",
      "courtNumber": "CVRI2401935",
      "row": 61932,
      "dates": [
        "2024-04-09",
        "2024-04-09",
        "2026-05-08",
        "2026-08-18"
      ],
      "milestone": "Preliminary approval",
      "filing": "2026-08-19",
      "documents": [
        "arceo-order"
      ],
      "notes": "Notice date comes from DIR’s July 30, 2026 agency workbook, cell F61932. The final-order caption recites the original complaint date; the order’s opening paragraph recites preliminary approval. Approval was signed 2026-08-18 and filed 2026-08-19. The signed approval endpoint does not establish completed payments or distributions. Industry is not classified.",
      "identity": "Exact archive filename LWDA identifier joins column B; court-caption defendant agrees with agency employer identity. Filename ID is archival join evidence; the order itself is not represented as printing the LWDA ID.",
      "review": "The complete final approval order was read and its caption, preliminary-approval recital and signature page visually inspected. The original notice, original complaint and earlier approval order were not independently retrieved; the displayed earlier dates are attributed to the agency entry and court recitals identified below.",
      "limits": "The order sets a later distribution declaration deadline of July 27, 2027 and final report hearing on August 3, 2027 (PDF page 6). The approval signature establishes the selected endpoint; it does not establish completed funding, distribution, appellate finality or the absence of later orders.",
      "events": [
        {
          "id": "notice",
          "label": "PAGA notice filing date",
          "date": "2024-04-09",
          "support": "DIR’s agency production, worksheet PAGA Notices - all time, cell F61932, joined on exact LWDA identifier in column B. This is an agency notice-date entry; the original notice was not independently inspected.",
          "pins": []
        },
        {
          "id": "complaint",
          "label": "Original complaint",
          "date": "2024-04-09",
          "support": "The final-order caption expressly lists the original complaint filing date. The original complaint itself was not inspected.",
          "pins": [
            {
              "document": "arceo-order",
              "page": 1
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "milestone",
          "label": "Preliminary approval",
          "date": "2026-05-08",
          "support": "The signed final order’s opening paragraph recites preliminary approval on this date. The earlier order itself was not inspected.",
          "pins": [
            {
              "document": "arceo-order",
              "page": 2
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "endpoint",
          "label": "Final approval order and judgment signed",
          "date": "2026-08-18",
          "support": "The visually inspected judicial signature date is 2026-08-18. The court FILED stamp is 2026-08-19; these are retained as separate events even when they coincide.",
          "pins": [
            {
              "document": "arceo-order",
              "page": 7
            },
            {
              "document": "arceo-order",
              "page": 1
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        }
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}