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Litigation

Dec. 3, 2015

Iskanian judge puts arbitration first, PAGA claim second

Partly citing discovery logistics, Judge Robert L. Hess wants individual arbitration claims first in Iskanian.

By Matthew Blake
Daily Journal Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES - A superior court judge ruled individual arbitration will precede a representative court proceeding in a 9-year-old dispute that has reshaped legal understanding of employment arbitration contracts and dramatically expanded use of the state's Private Attorney General Act.

In a less than three-page order issued Nov. 25, Judge Robert L. Hess sided with defendant CLS Transportation ...

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