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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Judge Explains Reasons for Banning Enforcement of AB 51 and Preserving Workplace Arbitration in California
AB 51, which restricts workplace arbitration, was scheduled to take effect on January 1, 2020. On December 30, 2019, US District Judge Kimberly Mueller granted a temporary restraining order…
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Court Grants Injunction to Stop AB 51 — Mandatory Arbitration Still OK in CA
Here is the latest in a series of blogs about AB 51, the California bill that threatened mandatory arbitration. Thankfully, the District Court granted the preliminary injunction in full (not…
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Court Further Postpones AB 51 (Restricting Workplace Arbitration) From Taking Effect
AB 51, which restricts workplace arbitration, was scheduled to take effect on January 1, 2020. On December 30, 2019, US District Judge Kimberly Mueller granted a temporary restraining order to…
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Court Stops AB 51 (Restricting Workplace Arbitration) From Taking Effect
We’ve noted before that AB 51 – the California legislature’s latest attempt to attack workplace arbitration – has significant legal flaws. On December 30, 2019, US District Judge Kimberly Mueller…
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Employer Group Sues to Block AB 51’s Ban on Arbitration
We’ve been blogging about attacks on workplace arbitration for over ten years now. (See, for example, this October 2009 post.) AB 51 represents the latest attempts by plaintiffs’ attorneys…
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