California law is not typically seen as amiable to compelling employees to arbitrate their claims. However, in Franklin v. Community Regional Medical Center, ___ F.3d___(9th Cir. 2021), the Ninth Circuit panel upheld a motion to compel arbitration by a non-signatory to an arbitration agreement based on California law.
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In this round of Arbitration Tips-N-Tools, Professor Amy Schmitz asks some of the leading arbitration practitioners about growth in arbitration in the pandemic, especially in a digital world and faced...
By Marsha Ternus, Deborah Hylton, Michael Pitton, Amy SchmitzThis article first appeared on the Securities Arbitration Alert (SAA) Blog, here. The American Arbitration Association (“AAA” or “Association”) in 2015 created a special unit of dedicated case administrators to...
By George FriedmanThis article first appeared on the Securities Arbitration Alert, here. A split Ninth Circuit has finally ruled on the validity of AB-51, which would restrict predispute arbitration clauses (“PDAA”) in...
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