Focus (Forum & Focus)
Sep. 22, 2007
Undermining Arbitration
Employment Column - By D. Gregory Valenza - The California Supreme Court's ruling in Gentry v. Superior Court represents another step toward making pre-dispute employment arbitration agreements pointless in the Golden State.
The California Supreme Court's Aug. 30 decision in Gentry v. Superior Court tightens the courts' reins on "pre-dispute" agreements to arbitrate employment law claims. A pre-dispute arbitration agreement, by definition, is one to which the parties agree before any dispute between them has arisen.
The high court in Gentry decided two important issues. First...
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