A California federal court has granted a preliminary injunction blocking enforcement of Assembly Bill 51, an expansive anti-arbitration law enacted in October and set to take effect on January 1, 2020....more
2/4/2020
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Employer Liability Issues ,
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Preliminary Injunctions ,
Restraining Orders ,
State and Local Government ,
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On Friday, December 6, 2019, a coalition of national and state trade associations filed suit in California federal court seeking to strike down the state’s recently enacted “anti-arbitration” law, A.B. 51.1 A.B. 5...more
As a result of the Supreme Court’s recent decision to grant certiorari and address the dispute over whether class and collective action waivers are lawful in an arbitration agreement, many employers have asked whether similar...more
2/6/2017
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Arbitration ,
Arbitration Agreements ,
Class Action ,
Class Action Arbitration Waivers ,
Collective Actions ,
Corporate Counsel ,
D.R. Horton v NLRB ,
Mandatory Arbitration Clauses ,
Murphy Oil v NLRB ,
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NLRB ,
NLRB General Counsel ,
Opt-Outs ,
Protected Concerted Activity