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High Court Again Finds a California Court Failed to Place Arbitration Agreements on Equal Footing With Other Contracts

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On December 14, 2015, in DirecTV, Inc. v. Imburgia, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed a California State Court of Appeal decision that had invalidated an arbitration provision based on language from the agreement rendering the...more

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Supreme Court Airs Re-Run on Class Waivers in DirecTV But Disappoints Again by Declining PAGA Waiver Programming

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As discussed by our Consumer Class Defense Blog, this week’s Supreme Court decision in DirecTV, Inc. v. Imburgia reversed a California Court of Appeal that had applied the California Consumer Legal Remedies Act’s prohibition...more

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U.S. Supreme Court Again Reverses California State Court on Arbitration

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Resolving a split between the California Court of Appeal and the Ninth Circuit concerning the enforceability of the same DirectTV arbitration agreement, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the California Court of Appeal’s...more

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Supreme Court Reaffirms Arbitration Class-Waivers

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The Supreme Court Monday re-affirmed the enforceability of class-waivers in arbitration agreements. The five-justice majority felt the need to rebuke the California courts for trying to end-run Federal preemption through a...more

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The Supreme Court Reaffirms Enforceability of Class Arbitration Waivers, This Time Through the Supremacy Clause of the U.S....

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In DIRECTV v. Imburgia, the Supreme Court reversed the California Court of Appeal, which held that a contractual class arbitration waiver was unenforceable under California law, even though the arbitration provision at issue...more

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U.S. Supreme Court Rules That Federal Arbitration Act Pre-Empts CA Law Against Class Action Waivers

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Action Item: The United States Supreme Court continues to find that federal law strongly favors arbitration clauses. The Supreme Court’s decision in DIRECTV should provide some reassurance to companies that arbitration...more

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Supreme Court Decides DIRECTV v. Imbrugia

On December 14, 2015, the Supreme Court of the United States decided DIRECTV v. Imbrugia, No. 14-462, holding that the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) preempts a California court’s interpretation of a contract to require...more

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