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U.S. Supreme Court,
Civil Litigation,
California Supreme Court,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

Jul. 18, 2019

Public injunctions remain alive and well

“There they go again,” moaned a number of Supreme Court watchers and appellate lawyers, as news came down of another apparent “anti-arbitration” decision from California.

Ryan Wu

Partner
Capstone Law APC

Email: Ryan.Wu@capstonelawyers.com

Ryan leads the firm's appeals and complex motions practice group. He authored the plaintiff's merits briefing before the California Supreme Court in McGill. He was also counsel for the plaintiff in Iskanian v. CLS Transportation Los Angeles LLC, 59 Cal. 4th 348, (2014) for which he received a California Lawyer Attorney of the Year ("CLAY") Award. He can be reached at ryan.wu@capstonelawyers.com.

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"There they go again," moaned a number of Supreme Court watchers and appellate lawyers, as news came down of another apparent "anti-arbitration" decision from California. This time, in Blair v. Rent-A-Center, Inc., 2019 DJDAR 6012 (9th Cir. June 28, 2019), the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held that a contractual waiver of "public injunctions" wedged into an arb...

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