California Supreme Court
Oct. 22, 2011
State justices decline to review arbitration ruling
The state Supreme Court let stand Wednesday a lower court ruling that gives plaintiffs' lawyers a way to defeat mandatory arbitration clauses and class-action waivers.
By Laura Ernde
Daily Journal Staff Writer
The state Supreme Court let stand Wednesday a lower court ruling that gives plaintiffs' lawyers a way to defeat mandatory arbitration clauses and class-action waivers in employment contracts.
Over the objection of Justice Marvin R. Baxter, the court declined to review the 2nd District Court of Appeal's 2-1 July ruling that said workers cannot be forced to give up their right to band together under the Private Attorney General...
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