October 29, 2013
The Ninth Circuit's decision Monday not to enforce Ralphs Grocery Co.'s individual arbitration agreement in a proposed wage-and-hour class action because it was unconscionable under California law should caution employers not to overreach by crafting one-sided arbitration policies, attorneys say.
October 28, 2013
The Ninth Circuit on Monday affirmed a district court's denial of Ralphs Grocery Co.'s motion to compel individual arbitration of a putative class action alleging it stiffed deli clerks on overtime and meal breaks, saying the arbitration policy "shocked the conscience."