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California Legislature Approves AB 465 — Future of Employment Arbitration Agreements in Doubt in California

Recently, the California Legislature passed AB 465 which prevents employers from requiring employees to sign mandatory pre-employment arbitration agreements as a condition of employment.  This bill, which is now sitting on Governor Brown’s desk awaiting his signature, adds a new provision of the California Labor Code making it…

CA Supreme Court Upholds Class Action Waivers

In 2007, the California Supreme Court ruled in Gentry v. Superior Court that class action waivers in employment arbitration agreements are invalid under certain circumstances.  Four years later, however, the United States Supreme Court reached a seemingly opposite conclusion in AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion, holding that “requiring the…

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