More Arbitration News for California Employers

by Jennifer Shaw | | April 5, 2023

On June 16, 2022, we posted about the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Viking River Cruises, Inc. v. Moriana. There, the Court struck down the waiver in Viking’s arbitration agreement of Moriana’s right to bring a representative PAGA claim.  However, it upheld the...

So Long to Summer Summary (Non-COVID Recent Cases)

by D. Gregory Valenza | |

Here are some important cases California employers should be reviewing – In-House Investigations When employers assign HR workers to do internal investigations of misconduct, ensure the investigator doesn’t act in bad faith to carry out a pre-determined...

California Arbitration-palooza!

by D. Gregory Valenza | |

The California courts of appeal have been busy socially distancing themselves from enforcing arbitration agreements. Mostly.  (To be fair, they enforced one too.  I just couldn’t resist the COVID joke.) It gets lonely on lockdown.  Sue me, if you can find an...

AB 51 Arbitration Update

by D. Gregory Valenza | |

AB 51 – California’s latest anti-arbitration law-  remains on hold.  As we told you here, a district court temporarily blocked enforcement of the new law, which would curb mandatory employment arbitration. The district court extended its temporary...
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