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Litigation

Aug. 10, 2012

Case law on mandatory arbitration muddled at state level

After a history of consumer and employee friendly decisions, state appellate courts are considering how to comport with a new controversial standard set by the U.S. Supreme Court on mandatory arbitration.


By Emily Green


Daily Journal Staff Writer


After a history of consumer- and employee-friendly decisions by the state Supreme Court limiting mandatory arbitration, California appellate courts are considering whether to gut those precedents in an effort to comport with a new controversial standard set by the U.S. Supreme Court.


The state appeals courts are seeing a glut of arbitration-related cases, largely brought by employers and businesses see...

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