Think back pre-Covid, the end of 2019, a law was set to take effect in California that banned mandatory arbitration, and imposed criminal penalties on employers for mandating arbitration. This
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California and Federal Workplace Arbitration Law Remain in Conflict – MHN Govt. Svcs. v. Zaborowski
We asked nearly 4 years ago if Armendariz (the key California Supreme Court case from 2004 on employment arbitration) was on a collision course with Concepcion (the US Supreme Court
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Any Requirement that Employers Attach the Applicable Rules to Arbitration Agreements Will Be Unworkable
Some of the more recent cases to strike down workplace arbitration agreements complained that the agreements didn’t include a copy of the applicable arbitration provider’s rules. One of these, Wisdom
Are Armendariz and Concepcion on a collision course?
In 2000, the California Supreme Court used its decision in Armendariz v. Foundation Health Psychcare Services to articulate minimum requirements for employment arbitration agreements. Last year, in AT&T Mobility LLC v.
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