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Supreme Court Unanimously Rules Federal Arbitration Act Requires Federal Courts to Issue a Stay, Where Requested, When Lawsuits...

Some courts had previously interpreted Section 3 of the Federal Arbitration Act to allow for either a stay of the action or dismissal. Following the Supreme Court’s decision in Smith v. Spizzirri, once arbitration is...more

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The Supreme Court Strikes a Blow to PAGA: What California Employers Need to Know

The U.S. Supreme Court has given businesses with California employees the option (at least for now) to avoid employee-initiated court proceedings under California’s Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA). On June 15, 2022, the...more

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Supreme Court Is Asked (Again) to Rule on Whether the FAA Preempts California Public Injunctive Relief Law, But This Time There is...

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For the second time in two years, the U.S. Supreme Court is being asked to decide whether the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) preempts California law (the “McGill Rule”) which invalidates arbitration agreements that waive the...more

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U.S. Supreme Court Declines To Provide Clarity On Threshold Question Of Arbitrability

Construction contracts often include arbitration provisions that require any dispute arising out of a project be resolved through binding arbitration. But who decides whether such a dispute is subject to the arbitration...more

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Supreme Court to Decide Whether Reference to Injunctive Relief in Arbitration Clause Gives Court Power to Rule on Arbitrability of...

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Last month the Supreme Court granted a petition for a writ of certiorari in Henry Schein, Inc. v. Archer and White Sales, Inc. and will take up, in its next term, yet another issue of pressing importance for commercial...more

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Is California’s McGill Rule Still Good Law?

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On June 28, 2019, the Ninth Circuit held in three separate cases that the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) does not preempt the California Supreme Court’s holding in McGill v. Citibank, N.A., 2 Cal.5th 945 (2017) — otherwise...more

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California Supreme Court Upholds Arbitration Clause, but Unconscionability Remains a Defense to Arbitration

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The California Supreme Court issued its long-awaited decision in Sanchez v. Valencia Holding Company, LLC, on August 3, 2015, reversing a finding by the Court of Appeal that an arbitration provision was unconscionable...more

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