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Court Issues Written Order Preliminarily Enjoining Enforcement Of California’s AB 51, Hints At Future Success

On January 31, 2020, the district court in Chamber of Commerce of the United States, et al. v. Becerra, et al., E.D. Cal. Case No. 2:19-cv-2456, granted the request for a preliminary injunction enjoining the State of...more

2/11/2020 / Arbitration , Arbitration Agreements , Federal Arbitration Act

U.S. Supreme Court Asked To Review California’s Perceived Hostility To Arbitration Agreements

Not surprisingly, OTO, LLC, the employer in OTO, L.L.C. v. Kho, 8 Cal. 5th 111 (2019), on January 13, 2020, petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to review a 2019 California Supreme Court decision not to enforce an arbitration...more

2/7/2020 / Arbitration , Arbitration Agreements , Federal Arbitration Act , Mandatory Arbitration Clauses , Petition for Review , Preemption

Court Grants Preliminary Injunction On Enforcement Of California Ban On Employment Arbitration Agreements

The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California has granted a request for a preliminary injunction to prohibit the State of California from enforcing Assembly Bill 51 (AB 51) as to arbitration agreements...more

2/4/2020 / Arbitration , Arbitration Agreements , Federal Arbitration Act , Preliminary Injunctions , State Labor Laws

Court Grants Preliminary Injunction Against Enforcement Of California’s Assembly Bill 51

The district court in Chamber of Commerce of the United States, et al. v. Becerra, et al., E.D. Cal. Case No. 2:19-cv-2456, granted the request for a preliminary injunction enjoining the State of California from enforcing...more

2/3/2020 / Arbitration , Arbitration Agreements , Federal Arbitration Act , Preliminary Injunctions

Court Hears Challenges To California Bar On Mandatory Arbitration Agreements In Employment

The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California heard oral argument on January 10, 2020, on whether to enter a preliminary injunction preventing the State of California from enforcing AB 51 while the court...more

1/14/2020 / Arbitration , Arbitration Agreements , Employer Liability Issues , Employment Litigation , Federal Arbitration Act , Mandatory Arbitration Clauses

Court Hears Oral Argument On Challenges to AB 51, Orders Further Briefing, And Maintains Temporary Restraining Order

On January 10, 2020, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California heard oral arguments on whether the court should enter a preliminary injunction preventing the State of California (State) from enforcing AB...more

1/13/2020 / Arbitration , Arbitration Agreements , Employer Liability Issues , Employment Litigation , Federal Arbitration Act , Mandatory Arbitration Clauses , State Labor Laws

California Bar On Mandatory Arbitration Agreements In Employment Temporarily Enjoined

The State of California has been temporarily enjoined from enforcing its prohibition on mandatory employment arbitration agreements under Assembly Bill 51. Chamber of Commerce of the United States, et al. v. Becerra, et al.,...more

12/31/2019 / Arbitration , Arbitration Agreements , Federal Arbitration Act

California Bar On Mandatory Arbitration Agreements In Employment Challenged, Injunction Sought

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other business organizations have filed suit in federal court against the State of California to have AB 51 declared preempted by the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA). Chamber of Commerce of the...more

12/13/2019 / Arbitration , Arbitration Agreements , Employer Liability Issues , Employment Litigation , Federal Arbitration Act , Mandatory Arbitration Clauses

U.S. Chamber Of Commerce Files Suit To Halt AB 51

California employers are not alone as they wrestle with AB 51’s January 1, 2020 new law on mandatory arbitration agreements. (For background on AB 51 see our article). On December 6, 2019, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and...more

12/11/2019 / Arbitration , Arbitration Agreements , Federal Arbitration Act , Mandatory Arbitration Clauses

Pay the Piper – California Employers Pressed To Pay Arbitration Fees Or Risk Harsh Consequences

California employers may face harsh consequences for failing to pay arbitration fees on time under a bill (Senate Bill 707) signed by Governor Gavin Newsom on October 13, 2019. The new law go into effect on January 1, 2020....more

10/21/2019 / Arbitration , Employer Liability Issues , Employment Litigation , Federal Arbitration Act , Governor Newsom

New California Law Attacks Mandatory Arbitration Again … But Is It More Bark Than Bite?

California has joined a number of states in passing legislation purporting to prohibit mandatory arbitration agreements for sexual harassment and other claims. Such laws have gained popularity in the wake of the #MeToo...more

10/16/2019 / Arbitration , Arbitration Agreements , Federal Arbitration Act , FEHA , Mandatory Arbitration Clauses , Sexual Harassment

Ticket-Gate”- Revisiting The Intersection Of Professional Football And Class Actions

First, Deflategate. Now, “Ticket-gate?” Stirring in the United States District Court, Northern District of Ohio, a putative class action takes aim at an unsafe football field, a cancelled preseason game, and over a million...more

1/24/2018 / Breach of Contract , Class Action , Class Certification , Football , FRCP 23(b)(3)

“12 Inches” Is Much Ado About Nothing – Seventh Circuit Serves Subway And Practicality A Win In Footlong Class Action

“A class action that ‘seeks only worthless benefits for the class’ and ‘yields [only] fees for class counsel’ is ‘no better than a racket’ and ‘should be dismissed out of hand.’” In re Subway Footlong Sandwich Mktg. & Sales...more

10/3/2017 / Class Action , Class Certification , FRCP 23(b)(2) , Subway

California Supreme Court Clarifies Discovery Under PAGA

Emphasizing the broad right of discovery and the remedial nature of the California Private Attorneys General Act of 2004, the California Supreme Court has ruled that, in pretrial discovery, plaintiffs under PAGA has a right...more

7/19/2017 / CA Supreme Court , Discovery , Employee Privacy Rights , Employer Liability Issues , Employment Litigation , Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA)

Are You Ready for Some Football? A Pocket Playbook for HR Managers Navigating Competitive Recruiting

Just five days before Super Bowl LI, the intersecting crosshairs of antitrust and employment law class actions zeroed in on its latest target: the National Football League. On January 31, 2017, a former cheerleader for the...more

2/6/2017 / Cheerleaders , Criminal Prosecution , Department of Justice (DOJ) , Federal Trade Commission (FTC) , Human Resources Professionals , NFL , Putative Class Actions , Wage and Hour , Wage-Fixing

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