Courts
Ninth Circuit Panel to Rehear Arguments on California’s Mandatory Arbitration Ban
A Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals panel has voted to withdraw its original ruling on California arbitration agreements in employment and rehear arguments on...
U.S. High Court Ruling Supports Arbitration
In a win for California employers, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled this week that individual claims under the Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) can...
Appeals Court Sides with CalChamber in Prop. 65 Ruling on Acrylamide in Food
Last week, California businesses won another victory in the continuing debate over whether the Proposition 65 warning requirement applies to acrylamide in food and...
New Federal Law Prohibits Mandatory Arbitration of Sexual Harassment, Assault Claims
Last week, President Joe Biden signed legislation making pre-dispute arbitration agreements and class action waivers invalid and unenforceable for claims of sexual harassment or...
Law Giving Unions Access to Private Property Ruled Unconstitutional
A Supreme Court victory was handed down to employers on June 23 in a case filed by two California agriculture businesses who challenged a...
CalChamber Wins Landmark Prop. 65 Ruling
California businesses scored a landmark victory last week when Chief District Judge Kimberly Mueller of the Eastern District of California granted the California Chamber...
State Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to Prop. 22 Independent Contractor Initiative
The California Supreme Court this week rejected an attempt to overturn Proposition 22, the voter-approved ballot initiative classifying app-based drivers as independent contractors.
A group...
State Supreme Court Says Dynamex Decision Is Retroactive
The California Supreme Court ruled earlier this month that its April 2018 decision changing the test for determining whether a worker is an independent...
Progress on Prop. 65 Acrylamide Warnings
Challenges to Proposition 65 acrylamide warnings scored victories in two cases last month.
A California Superior Court judge ruled last month in favor of coffee...
U.S. Supreme Court Extends Sexual Orientation, Transgender Protections
This week, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a long-awaited ruling on whether a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity fall within Title VII of...
