News & Analysis as of

Arbitration Agreements › California › Motion to Compel

Epstein Becker & Green

A Fact-Intensive Inquiry: How California Courts Are Resolving Authenticity Disputes of Electronically Signed Arbitration...

Epstein Becker & Green on

For more than a decade, California courts have wrestled with the challenge of how to resolve disputes over the authenticity of electronically signed arbitration agreements....more

Proskauer - California Employment Law

Employer Victory in Motion to Compel Arbitration

Proskauer - California Employment Law on

On May 19, 2025, Proskauer attorneys successfully compelled to arbitration an employment discrimination lawsuit that had been filed in the Los Angeles Superior Court. While the former employee claimed that she never signed...more

Kilpatrick

California federal court compels arbitration based on a modified sign-in wrap agreement

Kilpatrick on

Takeaway: Terms and conditions requiring individual arbitrations can effectively end many consumer class actions. But courts rigorously scrutinize consumers’ assent to such terms, insisting upon reasonably conspicuous notice...more

Proskauer - California Employment Law

When Headless PAGAs Attack!

Proskauer - California Employment Law on

As we reported here, a split in authority has developed in the California Court of Appeal regarding what to do when an employer moves to compel arbitration of a Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) that is “headless”—that is,...more

Proskauer - California Employment Law

For At Least One Employer, Reliance on an Outdated Arbitration Agreement Proved to be a Losing Gamble

Proskauer - California Employment Law on

As we have reported time and again, California courts have applied extra scrutiny to employee arbitration agreements in recent years, and have not hesitated to deny arbitration where there is a reasonable basis for doing so. ...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Plaintiffs Are Responsible for Commencing Court-Ordered Arbitration

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on

The California Court of Appeal held that after the employer-defendant successfully moved to compel arbitration of the plaintiffs’ employment-related claims, the employer-defendant did not waive its right to arbitration by...more

CDF Labor Law LLP

Discretion: The Better Part of Valor in Defending Against PAGA Claims

CDF Labor Law LLP on

Since the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Viking River Cruises v. Moriana, employers have been implementing and enforcing arbitration agreements requiring employees to arbitrate their individual Private Attorneys’ General...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Ninth Circuit Upholds Arbitration For Non-Signatory Defendant

Jackson Lewis P.C. on

California law is not typically seen as amiable to compelling employees to arbitrate their claims. However, in Franklin v. Community Regional Medical Center, ___ F.3d___(9th Cir. 2021), the Ninth Circuit panel upheld a motion...more

King & Spalding

Two Circuit Courts Decline to Compel Arbitration in TCPA Class Actions, Holding That the Federal Policy to Broadly Construe...

King & Spalding on

Two recent opinions by the Ninth and Second Circuits illustrate that challenges to the enforceability of arbitration agreements have not been dampened by a string of pro-arbitration Supreme Court rulings in the last decade. ...more

Payne & Fears

California Appellate Court Issues Guidance on Enforcing Arbitration Agreements

Payne & Fears on

While much of the world came to a halt in response to the coronavirus pandemic, the California Courts of Appeal were busy issuing important decisions on the enforceability of arbitration clauses. As the economy starts to...more

10 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
Sign up Log in
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide