California Court Finds Employee's Claims Are Not Subject To Arbitration

Mealey's (October 14, 2016, 11:31 AM EDT) -- SAN DIEGO — A California appeals court on Oct. 3 affirmed a trial court's decision to deny a company's motion to compel arbitration, finding that a former employee never agreed to arbitrate causes of action for violation of California's unfair competition law (UCL) and fraud related to a plan and stock purchase agreement (Jey Won v. Vault Bioventures Inc., et al., No. D069130, Calif. App., 4th Dist.; 2016 Cal. App. Unpub. LEXIS 7173)....