Intellectual Property
May 22, 2019
Appellate court rejects Tesla’s attempt to enforce unsigned arbitration agreement
Tesla moved to compel arbitration, arguing that since Vaughn acted as an employee and held a full-time job offer containing a standard arbitration agreement, he was subject to it regardless of whether he signed or not under equitable estoppel.
A state appellate court roundly rejected Tesla's attempt to enforce an unsigned arbitration agreement in an unpublished decision Tuesday, writing that his claims do not rely on the contract he never agreed to.
"My only disappointment is that the court did not specifically embrace my position to adopt the chutzpah doctrine in California. To me, this argument is so outrageous, basically that the arbitration plague has gone so far as t...
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