City’s UCL Claim Against Company For Misclassification Not Arbitrable, Panel Says

Mealey's (August 1, 2022, 11:38 AM EDT) -- SAN DIEGO — A California appellate panel in a July 28 ruling on rehearing maintained its affirmance of a trial court’s rejection of a shopping-and-delivery app company’s attempt to compel arbitration of the San Diego city attorney’s claims that it violated California’s unfair competition law (UCL) by misclassifying as contractors its workers, referred to as “shoppers.”...