Labor/Employment,
California Courts of Appeal
Feb. 26, 2019
State appellate panel says PAGA is waiver-proof despite US Supreme Court’s Epic Systems ruling
In the case decided Monday, Baker Electric argued that a trial court erred in holding the plaintiff’s PAGA claim could not be compelled into arbitration.
Private Attorneys General Act claims remain waiver-proof despite a U.S. Supreme Court decision last year upholding class action waivers under the Federal Arbitration Act, a state appeals panel ruled Monday.
In Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis, the high court last year upheld such waivers under federal law. That left PAGA claims, which are not subject...
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