The California Supreme Court has once again deviated from what many view as clear precedent of the U.S. Supreme
Continue Reading California Court Sets Up Showdown with SCOTUS over Class-Action Waivers
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
Continue Reading California and Federal Workplace Arbitration Law Remain in Conflict – MHN Govt. Svcs. v. Zaborowski
Last week, the state legislature passed AB 465 — a bill that prohibits employers from asking employees to agree to arbitrate employment claims unless the employees have their own attorneys
Continue Reading California Legislature, Ignoring Federal Law, Tries to Ban Employment Arbitration (AB 465)
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.
Continue Reading Are Armendariz and Concepcion on a collision course?
We have already discussed the United States Supreme Court’s decision in AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion. Earlier this week a Superior Court Judge applied the case and dismissed a pending class
Continue Reading AT&T Begins To Change the Class Action Landscape
Senator Al Franken, among others, has reintroduced legislation to eliminate mandatory arbitration in employment, civil rights, and consumer cases. The so-called Arbitration Fairness Act of 2011 (S. 987
Continue Reading Further Attacks On Employment Arbitrations
Today, the Supreme Court decided AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion (pdf), a case we first reported on last June. The plaintiffs in the underlying case filed a class action complaining about being
Sometimes cases from other areas of law can have a strong impact on employment law in California. For example, Laster v. AT&T Mobility LLC involved class action waivers in consumer contracts. Laster
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