JURIST
MARCH 5, 2022
California Governor Gavin Newsom Friday signed an executive order directing state agencies to review their contracts for commodities, services and technology and to terminate any contract with companies or individuals subject to sanctions because of Russia’s recent invasion of Ukraine.
JURIST
JUNE 16, 2022
The US Supreme Court ruled 8-1 Wednesday that the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) partially preempts a California law that invalidates waivers of the right to assert representative claims under the California Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA). Moriana’s employment contract contained a mandatory arbitration agreement.
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ABA Journal
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
Two energy companies allege that Winston & Strawn bungled two intertwined contracts involving the purchase of Southern California oil and gas wells, leading the two…
JURIST
JANUARY 27, 2022
Chief US District Judge Richard Seeborg for the Northern District of California dismissed two claims Tuesday from a proposed class action against Google, ruling that a promise to avoid collecting user data did not amount to a contract. The case, Anibal Rodriguez, et al.
HowAppealing
JANUARY 25, 2022
“Faith Can’t Abrogate a Contract; A California state court goes too far in a ruling against Scientology’s arbitration agreement”: Law professor Michael J. ” You can access last Wednesday’s unpublished decision of the California Court of Appeal for the Second District , Division Five, at this link.
JURIST
SEPTEMBER 17, 2021
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held Wednesday that workers in California will not be forced into arbitration as a condition of employment. In 2019, California passed Assembly Bill 51 (AB51), to limit workplace arbitration agreements.
HowAppealing
DECEMBER 5, 2023
Supreme Court should seize the opportunity to adopt the Restatement with respect to maritime contracts”: A little over a month ago, Nicholas J. Neidzwski had this essay in The Daily Journal of California. The post “The murky waters where state law and federal maritime law converge; The U.S.
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