Jul. 24, 2014
The final word: civil law developments in the state Supreme Court
Our state Supreme Court balances the competing demands of federal and state law, deferring to Congress when appropriate but vindicating California's interests whenever possible. Here's a civil roundup. By Joseph M. Lipner and BJ Ard
Stanley Mosk Courthouse
Joseph M. Lipner
Judge
Los Angeles County Superior Court
Harvard Law School, 1988
Bj Ard
Visiting Professor
University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law
Email: bj.ard@yale.edu
Yale Law School
BJ teaches contract law and e-commerce.
Our state Supreme Court balances the competing demands of federal and state law, deferring to Congress when appropriate but vindicating California's interests whenever possible. In its decisions this summer, the court has held the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) requires enforcement of employees' class action waivers but leaves intact employees' rights to bring representative suits under a California state statute; invoked...
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