January 03, 2024
California cannot enforce a law barring employers from insisting that employees sign arbitral agreements as a requirement of ongoing employment after an opinion by the Ninth Circuit cementing that the state law is preempted by the Federal Arbitration Act.
February 07, 2020
A California federal judge on Thursday explained her recent order to indefinitely block a state law that sought to discourage mandatory arbitration by criminalizing employment agreements that make workers give up their court rights, saying the state's law clashes with federal law.
January 31, 2020
A California federal judge on Friday indefinitely blocked the state's attempt to cut back at mandatory arbitration by criminalizing employment agreements that make workers give up their court rights, extending a temporary block hours before it was set to lapse.