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People v. Maplebear Inc.
City attorney, acting on behalf of the People, was not bound to Instacart's arbitration agreement for its workers as the remedies it sought were for the public. 		Arbitration 4DCA/1 Aug. 1, 2022
Gallo v. Wood Ranch USA, Inc.
The Federal Arbitration Act does not preempt the California Arbitration Act's provisions governing the timing of arbitration fee payments. 		Arbitration 2DCA/2 Jul. 26, 2022
Evenskaas v. California Transit, Inc.
The Federal Arbitration Act applied to arbitration agreement in California Transit worker's employment contract because the transportation services provided substantially affected interstate commerce. 		Arbitration 2DCA/7 Jul. 19, 2022
Knapke v. PeopleConnect
Denial of motion to compel arbitration was improper when disputes over material facts regarding principal-agent relationship had not been resolved. 		Arbitration 9th Jun. 30, 2022
Viking River Cruises, Inc. v. Moriana
Where California law under *Iskanian* does not allow PAGA actions to be divided into individual and nonindividual claims through an agreement to arbitrate, it is preempted by the Federal Arbitration Act. 		Arbitration USSC Jun. 16, 2022
ZF Automotive U. S., Inc. v. Luxshare, Ltd.
Private adjudicatory bodies in a foreign country do not qualify as foreign or international tribunals and thus are not subject to federal courts' power to order discovery for use in foreign proceedings. 		Arbitration USSC Jun. 13, 2022
Modification: People v. Maplebear Inc.
Instacart could not compel arbitration of San Diego's Unfair Competition claims since the City was authorized to obtain relief and the workers who signed an arbitration agreement had no legal involvement. 		Arbitration 4DCA/1 Jun. 7, 2022
Southwest Airlines Co. v. Saxon
Southwest Airlines could not enforce arbitration agreement since plaintiff's work physically loading plane cargo fell within the Federal Arbitration Act's exemption for workers engaged in interstate commerce. 		Arbitration USSC Jun. 6, 2022
Morgan v. Sundance, Inc.
A waiver of the right to arbitrate does not require a showing of prejudice to the opposing party. 		Arbitration USSC May 24, 2022
Trinity v. Life Insurance Co. of North America
Insurance employee met her burden of challenging an arbitration agreement since she testified that she had not seen the agreement and would not have accepted the job had she known. 		Arbitration 2DCA/7 May 24, 2022
People v. Maplebear Inc.
Instacart could not compel arbitration of San Diego's Unfair Competition claims since the City was authorized to obtain relief and the workers who signed an arbitration agreement had no legal involvement. 		Arbitration 4DCA/1 May 20, 2022
Quach v. California Commerce Club
Plaintiffs asserting prejudice as to defendant's delay in asserting its right to arbitrate must show more than just incurrence of costs in anticipation of litigation. 		Arbitration 2DCA/1 May 12, 2022
Wing v. Chico Healthcare & Wellness Centre
No U.S. Supreme Court cases reject the rule that there is no conflict between unwaivable Private Attorneys General Act claims and the Federal Arbitration Act. 		Arbitration 2DCA/5 May 2, 2022
Leshane v. Tracy VW, Inc.
Defendants could not compel arbitration of plaintiffs' Private Attorneys General Act claims since plaintiffs had removed their arbitrable non-PAGA claims in their amended complaint. 		Arbitration 3DCA May 2, 2022
Nelson v. Dual Diagnosis Treatment Center
Arbitration clause was unconscionable since it was part of an adhesion contract that failed to disclose all arbitration rules and required a unilateral release of all claims. 		Arbitration 4DCA/3 Apr. 21, 2022
Nunez v. Cycad Management LLC
Arbitration agreement presented to Spanish-speaking employee that was not explained, provided on a take-it or leave-it basis and wholly benefited the employer was unconscionable and unenforceable. 		Arbitration 2DCA/2 Apr. 13, 2022
Berman v. Freedom Financial Network
Where a website's notification for consumers' agreement to terms and conditions is not reasonably conspicuous, consumers do not agree to its mandatory arbitration provisions. 		Arbitration 9th Apr. 6, 2022
Badgerow v. Walters
The "look-through" approach to determining federal jurisdiction does not apply to requests to confirm or vacate arbitral awards under the Federal Arbitration Act. 		Arbitration USSC Apr. 1, 2022
Kokubu v. Sudo
Movant's right to arbitrate was waived because substantial evidence supported the conclusion that movant acted in a manner that was inconsistent with an intent to arbitrate. 		Arbitration 2DCA/8 Mar. 31, 2022
B.D. v. Blizzard Entertainment
License Agreement for online gaming service that contained the entire agreement and required an affirmative click to continue provided sufficient notice of an arbitration agreement to a minor and his father. 		Arbitration 4DCA/1 Mar. 30, 2022
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company v. Robinson
An arbitration award could not be vacated where the arbitrator relied on a trial court discovery ruling and plaintiff failed to properly challenge the discovery ruling. 		Arbitration 1DCA/1 Mar. 16, 2022
Rogers v. Roseville SH, LLC
Defendants could not compel arbitration since the elderly resident's conduct never manifested an intent for his son to sign the arbitration agreement on his behalf 		Arbitration 3DCA Mar. 8, 2022
Mendoza v. Trans Valley Transport
Notwithstanding a delegation clause, the question of whether the parties entered into an agreement to arbitrate is a matter for the court, not the arbitrator, to decide. 		Arbitration 6DCA Mar. 3, 2022
Modification: Kirk v. Ratner
Neither the superior court nor the appellate court had jurisdiction to consider a petition to vacate a preliminary injunction granted by an arbitrator because the injunction was not a final award. 		Arbitration 2DCA/7 Feb. 24, 2022
Ramirez v. Charter Communications, Inc.
An arbitration remedy provision was not substantively unconscionable because it allowed a prevailing defendant to recover attorney's fees only to the same extent the Fair Employment and House Act allowed. 		Arbitration 2DCA/4 Feb. 22, 2022
Amended Opinion: Martinez-Gonzalez v. Elkhorn Packing RULING BY
Asking a farm laborer to sign an arbitration agreement after he had already traveled from Mexico, was living in company housing, and had started work was not economic duress. 		Arbitration 9th Feb. 15, 2022
Kirk v. Ratner
Neither the superior court nor the appellate court had jurisdiction to consider a petition to vacate a preliminary injunction granted by an arbitrator because the injunction was not a final award. 		Arbitration 2DCA/7 Feb. 14, 2022
Eminence Healthcare, Inc. v. Centuri Health Ventures, LLC
Agreement's plain language exempting claims involving equitable relief from arbitration must be followed where agreement's language was clear and explicit. 		Arbitration 5DCA Feb. 4, 2022
Ahern v. Asset Management Consultants
The trial court erred in ordering arbitration because the property investor's misrepresentation claims did not arise out of the arbitration agreement. 		Arbitration 2DCA/7 Feb. 3, 2022
Ngo v. BMW of North America
Non-signatory third party could not compel arbitration based on an arbitration agreement that was not made expressly for its benefit. 		Arbitration 9th Jan. 13, 2022
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