U.S. Supreme Court,
Civil Litigation,
Labor/Employment,
California Supreme Court
Sep. 3, 2019
The employment arbitration whipsaw
Last Thursday, the California Supreme Court once again entered into the thicket of wage claim arbitration, attempting to navigate the competing concerns of the Federal Arbitration Act and California employment law. And yet, the court has sailed into rough and forbidding seas.





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 last Thursday's decision in OTO, LLC v. Kho, 2019 DJDAR 8320 (2019), the California Supreme Court once again entered into the thicket of wage claim arbitration, attempting to navigate the competing concerns of the Federal Arbitration Act and California employment law. And yet, the court has sailed into rough and forbidding seas.
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