As someone who represents employers, I’ve long been a proponent of arbitration as a way to limit exposure to employment claims. I have colleagues who disagree and I recognize that
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Judge Explains Reasons for Banning Enforcement of AB 51 and Preserving Workplace Arbitration in California
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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 Further Postpones AB 51 (Restricting Workplace Arbitration) From Taking Effect
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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
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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
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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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What’s Behind the Battle Over Workplace Arbitration?
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We’ve been talking a lot about employment arbitration since the passage of AB 51. We’ve discussed the bill itself, and we’ve reassessed the pros and cons of workplace arbitration…
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Another Benefit of Arbitrating Employment Disputes
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One of my least favorite phrases in blogging is “repurposing content.” The verb “repurposing” hurts my ears. You can give something a purpose, but you’re not “purposing” it. And if…
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New Arbitration Protections for CA Employees
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California’s legislature has passed two new statutes that increase the protections for employees arbitrating workplace disputes.
SB 1007, which passed on September 1, 2016, gives any party to arbitration…
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The Pros and Cons of Requiring Workplace Arbitration
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We’ve written extensively about mandatory workplace arbitration. But it was still an honor when CEB, a program of the University of California that is cosponsored by the State Bar of…
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Judicial Hostility to Employment Arbitration Flares up in 9th Circuit
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When you draft employment arbitration agreements, it’s not enough to know what the law is. You should also know what the law will be at the time that someone challenges…
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