The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Viking River Cruises v. Moriana, 142 S. Ct. 1906 (2022), in June 2022 delivered a victory for California employers facing claims brought pursuant to the Labor Code Private Attorneys...more
A split panel of the Ninth Circuit vacated in part a preliminary injunction barring enforcement of AB 51, the California law banning mandatory employment arbitration agreements. But the Ninth Circuit found that the penalties...more
A federal district court found that the new California law barring mandatory employment arbitration agreements is preempted by the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA). The court granted the challengers’ motion for preliminary...more
2/18/2020
/ Arbitration Agreements ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Contract ,
Federal Arbitration Act ,
Mandatory Arbitration Clauses ,
Preemption ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
State Attorneys General ,
State Bans ,
State Labor Laws ,
Trial Court Orders ,
TRO
A California federal court has given employers a New Year’s gift, issuing a temporary restraining order preventing Assembly Bill 51 — the law barring employers from requiring employees to enter into agreements to arbitrate...more
On October 7, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced that it is considering two rulemaking proposals that would severely limit the use of pre-dispute arbitration clauses in consumer financial service...more
10/21/2015
/ Arbitration Agreements ,
AT&T Mobility v Concepcion ,
Class Action Arbitration Waivers ,
Comment Period ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Federal Arbitration Act ,
Financial Institutions ,
Mandatory Arbitration Clauses ,
OMB ,
Preemption ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Public Interest ,
Reporting Requirements ,
SBREFA ,
SCOTUS
In This Issue:
- Arbitration Report
- Beltway Report
- Bureau Report
- Mobile & Emerging Payments Report
- Mortgage & Fair Lending Report
- Operations Report
- Preemption Report
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6/9/2015
/ Arbitration Agreements ,
CashCall ,
Consumer Bankruptcy ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Creditors ,
Debt Collection ,
Debtor-Creditor ,
Fair Lending ,
Federal Arbitration Act ,
Mobile Payments ,
Mortgages ,
TCPA