Arbitration

Arbitration Agreement Enforceability and Consumer Protection Claims in California post-Viking River

Tl;dr: Background: In last summer’s Viking River decision, the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”) partly preempts the California rule that had prohibited the compelled arbitration of claims under the state’s Private Attorney General Act (“PAGA”).[2] Instead, California courts must permit the division of such claims into arbitrable individual claims and… Continue reading Arbitration Agreement Enforceability and Consumer Protection Claims in California post-Viking River