On June 15, 2022, in Viking River Cruises, Inc. v. Moriana, the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Federal Arbitration Act preempts a California state law rule holding that PAGA claims cannot be compelled to individual arbitration. PAGA permits private plaintiffs to sue their employers on behalf of the state of California and collect civil penalties for Labor Code violations committed against themselves and other aggrieved employees…
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There has been a lot of recent legislative action aimed at reining in forced arbitration clauses in consumer and employee contracts. Sherrod Brown’s Arbitration Fairness for Consumers Act (“Consumer Act”)...
By Brittany Munn, Colin RuleIn this episode of the Arbitration Conversation Amy interviews Prof. David Horton of the University of California - Davis School of Law about infinite arbitration clauses. https://youtu.be/SI2f3ubCytc
By David Horton, Amy SchmitzThis article first appeared in the weekly Securities Arbitration Alert of 22 July 2021 and is reposted here with permission. Amicus Briefs have begun to be filed in Servotronics, where...
By George Friedman