Mattera is a managed litigation-support service designed for California employment-defense teams responding to PAGA notices and wage-hour matters. The service delivers a structured PAGA Notice Decision Packet through a managed intake and delivery process, rather than a self-serve platform, with output provided as a Word or PDF memo, Excel assumptions workbook, source-linked evidence register, and attorney review call.
Key features and functions include:
Allegation Map
Mattera maps the allegations in a PAGA notice into a structured issue list, identifying alleged Labor Code violations, legal theories, relevant employee populations, applicable time periods, proof and data requirements, and risk flags to support early case assessment.
Deadline and Cure Route
The packet identifies relevant trigger dates, response windows, cure and early evaluation considerations, owner-ready next steps, and underlying assumptions for attorney review, supporting early strategic decisions on investigation posture, client-data collection, and preliminary response.
Tailored Client-Data Request
Mattera generates a client-data request tied to the specific allegations in the notice, connecting each requested record category to the issue it supports, the gap it fills, or the assumption it affects, rather than producing a generic payroll or document checklist.
Evidence Register and Source Linking
Allegations, assumptions, memo statements, and exposure inputs are linked back to source materials including policies, wage statements, payroll records, timekeeping records, training materials, audits, and remediation records, allowing attorneys to inspect support directly.
Data QA and Missing-Record Tracker
Mattera inventories employer records received, flags missing or malformed materials, and identifies which gaps affect which conclusions. Missing data is treated as an explicit, visible output rather than a silent failure.
Reasonable-Steps Evidence Tracker
Evidence relevant to reasonable-steps and cure analysis is organized by category, with pre-notice compliance evidence separated from post-notice remediation evidence, and thin or missing support flagged for attorney review.
Exposure-Assumptions Workbook
The workbook presents directional exposure ranges with counted populations, pay periods, caps, offsets, caveats, row-level examples, and source references where available. Assumptions are made visible and editable rather than consolidated into a single output figure.
Partner Decision Memo
Mattera prepares a partner-reviewable memo summarizing the issues, evidence, assumptions, missing records, open questions, and potential next steps. Legal judgment, client advice, and external positions remain the responsibility of counsel.
Red-Team and Open-Issues Page
The packet includes a page identifying what may be unsupported, stale, incomplete, or otherwise unsafe to rely on without further attorney review, intended to surface hidden risk before counsel decides what to use.
Secure Intake
Mattera supports redacted or closed-matter diagnostics and secure intake for live matters, using data minimization, secure upload, encrypted storage, access controls, and defined retention and deletion windows. Client data is not pooled across firms and is not used to train shared models without written permission.
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