When can you compel arbitration of a putative class action? The law is developing quickly and still doesn’t provide a crystal clear answer. The Ninth Circuit recently weighed in on two cases examining what happens when the...more
6/1/2021
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Class Action ,
Co-payments ,
Equitable Estoppel ,
Estoppel ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Fraud ,
Insurance Industry ,
Labor Code ,
Motion to Compel ,
Negligent Misrepresentation ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Reimbursements ,
Rite Aid ,
Staffing Agencies ,
Unfair Competition Law (UCL) ,
Wage and Hour
This summer, we discussed that the Supreme Court is reviewing whether an arbitration agreement’s clear delegation of the question of arbitrability to the arbitrator can be negated by a provision that exempts certain claims...more
Courts scrutinize class action settlements to ensure they result from arms-length negotiations and are fair and reasonable to absent class members. Applying that standard to a nationwide settlement of a privacy lawsuit...more
On June 19, 2017, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision that has the potential to reshape the way class actions are litigated in courts throughout the country. In Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. v. Superior Court of California,...more