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The Supreme Court’s denial of certiorari in Iskanian only hardens the federal-state divide over PAGA claims

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The divide continues between California and federal law on whether an arbitration agreement can entirely waive an employee’s ability to seek classwide or multiparty representational relief. The Supreme Court on Tuesday denied...more

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California Supreme Court Rules that Employers Are Entitled to Include Class Action Waivers in Arbitration Agreements

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In a welcome development for California businesses, the California Supreme Court issued a favorable ruling on June 23, 2014, holding that California law permits employers to require employees to sign arbitration agreements...more

Bracewell LLP

California Supreme Court "Green Lights" Class Action Waivers in Arbitration Agreements

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On June 23, the California Supreme Court in Iskanian v. CLS Transportation, a case involving state wage and hour claims, recognized that the U.S. Supreme Court's 2011 Concepcion decision effectively invalidated the California...more

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California Supreme Court Upholds Employment Class Action Waivers, but Rejects Waivers of PAGA Claims

The California Supreme Court issued an important decision last week on the enforceability of employment class action waivers included in arbitration agreements. The result: private parties can contract for the waiver of the...more

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California Supreme Court Enforces Class Action Waivers in Employee Arbitration Agreements

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However, the court found PAGA representative action waivers unenforceable; employers should consider practical implications with respect to arbitration agreements. On June 23, the California Supreme Court issued its...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

California Supreme Court Upholds Enforceability of Class Action Waivers in Mandatory Arbitration Agreements

The California Supreme Court has upheld the use of class action waivers in mandatory arbitration agreements. In Iskanian v. CLS Transportation of Los Angeles (June 23, 2014), the court held that a state's refusal to enforce...more

Best Best & Krieger LLP

State Supreme Court Rules Class Action Waivers Enforceable

Employers Can Now Force Individual Arbitrations of Employee Wage and Hour Claims - Class action arbitration waivers are enforceable under the Federal Arbitration Act, the California Supreme Court recently ruled in its...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

California Supreme Court Issues Iskanian Decision, Ruling that Class Action Waivers in Arbitration Agreements Are Enforceable, But...

On June 23, 2014, the California Supreme Court issued its decision in Iskanian v. CLS Transportation Los Angeles, LLC, confirming that an express class action waiver in an employment arbitration agreement is enforceable under...more

Proskauer - California Employment Law

Employers Should Now Run—Not Walk—Toward Adopting Arbitration Agreements in California

Yesterday, the California Supreme Court issued its long-awaited decision in Iskanian v. CLS Transp. Los Angeles, LLC, upholding class action waivers in employment arbitration agreements. This means that the U.S. Supreme...more

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