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WA employee entitled to trial on arbitration opt-out

  • Fenwick & West LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 13 2011

A Washington appellate court has allowed a former Macy's employee to proceed to trial on the issue of whether she opted out of Macy's arbitration program

CA Supreme Court grants review of Iskanian arbitration decision

  • Fenwick & West LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 17 2012

On September 12, 2012, the California Supreme Court granted review in Iskanian v. CLS Transportation Los Angeles, LLC, in which the trial court compelled arbitration of an employee's wage and hour claims and dismissed his class and representative claims, and the appellate court affirmed the ruling

Arbitration agreement with discovery limitation enforceable

  • Fenwick & West LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 10 2010

In Dotson v. Amgen, Inc., a California appellate court confirmed that mandatory arbitration agreements with discovery limitations are enforceable provided that they also give the arbitrator the authority to allow further discovery upon a showing of need

U.S. Supreme Court: unconscionability challenge to be determined by arbitrator, not court

  • Fenwick & West LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 14 2010

For those employers using arbitration agreements, the United States Supreme Court recently issued an interesting decision regarding who should determine the threshold issue of whether an arbitration agreement is enforceable

Six-month claims limitations period in arbitration agreement unconscionable

  • Fenwick & West LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 20 2013

In Bowlin v. Goodwill Industries of Greater East Bay, Inc., a California federal district court found Goodwill's requirement, as part of an

California appellate court compels arbitration and class action waiver, following Concepcion and expressly rejecting D.R. Horton

  • Fenwick & West LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 15 2012

In a significant victory for California employers, a California Court of Appeal recently upheld a ruling that compelled arbitration of an employee's wage and hour claims and dismissed his class and representative claims