U.S. Supreme Court,
Labor/Employment,
California Supreme Court,
California Courts of Appeal
Apr. 21, 2017
The arbitration Two-Step
Drama on "Dancing with the Stars" can't hold a candle to the Arbitration Two-Step recently set into motion by the California Supreme Court.
Steven B. Katz
Partner
Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete LLP
1800 Century Park E Fl 6
Los Angeles , CA 90067
Phone: (310) 597-4553
Email: skatz@constangy.com
USC Law School
Steven B. Katz is a partner and co-chair of the Appellate Practice Group at Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP. He represents employers in class, collective and representative actions, and appeals.
In McGill v. Citibank, NA, 2017 DJDAR 3305 (April 6, 2017), the California Supreme Court perfected its latest move in the decades-old search for a path around the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA). Call it the "Arbitration Two-Step."
McGill was supposed to be the case which forced the Supreme Court to confront the Broughton-Cruz rule. In Broughton v. Cigna Health Plans of Cal., 21 Cal. 4th 1066 (1999), and Cruz v. Pacificare Health Systems, Inc.
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