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Labor/Employment

Nov. 27, 2019

AB 51 will withstand challenges, author insists

AB 51, which prohibits employers from requiring new or continuing employees to sign arbitration agreements as a condition of employment, was written clearly and will withstand legal challenges, one of the law's authors said Tuesday.

AB 51, which prohibits employers from requiring new or continuing employees to sign arbitration agreements as a condition of employment, was written clearly and will withstand legal challenges, one of the law's authors said Tuesday.

Cliff M. Palefsky, a founding partner at the Law Offices of McGuinn, Hillsman and Palefsky in San Francisco, welcomed lawsuits by employers and interest groups, many of whom say the law will be struck do...

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