U.S. Supreme Court,
Labor/Employment
Mar. 8, 2024
PAGA returns to the US Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court may either defend or revisit Viking River’s dismissal rule and decide whether California courts must honor arbitration contracts governed by the FAA in PAGA cases.
Felix Shafir
Partner, Horvitz & Levy LLP
Appellate Law
Email: fshafir@horvitzlevy.com
Felix's practice focuses on the defense of class and representative actions.
Peder K. Batalden
Partner, Horvitz & Levy LLP
Appellate Law
Email: pbatalden@horvitzlevy.com
Peder handles 9th Circuit appeals in a wide variety of cases.
For decades, California's Legislature and courts have devised rules that frustrate the enforcement of arbitration agreements between workers and hirers. Time and again, the U.S. Supreme Court has applied the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) to rebuff these serial efforts to interfere with arbitration contracts.
Undeterred, California courts continue to resist the U.S. Supreme Court's federal arbitration precedent. Their most recent efforts in...
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