Alternative Dispute Resolution
Jan. 25, 2007
Class Conflict
FORUM COLUMN - By Douglas N. Silverstein and Alexandra M. Steinberg - The 2nd District Court of Appeal and the California Supreme Court can't agree on whether class-action waivers in arbitration clauses are valid. Two labor lawyers explain which way they think the issue should go.
By Douglas N. Silverstein and Alexandra M. Steinberg
Last month, the 2nd District Court of Appeal published a decision upholding an employee's class-action waiver in an arbitration with his employer. Konig v. U-Haul Company of California, 2006 DJDAR 16494 (Dec. 19). The California Supreme Court had already granted review of a remarkably similar case decided by the 2nd Dis...
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