California Court Vacates Decision That Employer’s Class Waiver Was Unconscionable

(November 26, 2018, 1:52 PM EST) -- LOS ANGELES — A California appeals panel on Nov. 20 held that a trial court erred in holding that an arbitration provision in an employment contract was unenforceable due to a substantively unconscionable class action waiver, ordering that the ruling be vacated and instructing the trial court to compel arbitration of the former employee’s causes of action for violations of the California Labor Code and unfair competition law (UCL) (Maria Del Rosario Martinez v. Ready Pac Produce, Inc., No. B279225, Calif. App., 2nd Dist., Div. 3, 2018 Cal. App. Unpub. LEXIS 7841)....