The California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District recently issued a clarifying decision in Michelle Arzate, et al. v. ACE American Insurance Company, addressing which party is responsible for initiating arbitration following a court order granting employer’s motion to compel arbitration. For…
In a recent unpublished California appellate court decision, the Court unanimously reversed the lower court’s ruling that an agreement to arbitrate contained in an employee handbook was unenforceable. Case Background In May 2023, former employee Seth Robert Nelson filed a lawsuit against Golden Queen…
Frequently, employment arbitration agreements are written with the intent to apply to future disputes between an employee, the employer and the employer’s parent and sister companies. Employers and third parties can breathe easier after the California Court of Appeal held that employees who sign an…
In 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court published its decision in Viking River Cruises v. Moriana (Viking River), which was hailed as a “Big Win for California Employers.” The decision allowed for partial enforcement of arbitration agreements in actions brought under California’s Private…
Earlier this week, a California Court of Appeal affirmed the trial court’s decision in Liu v. Miniso Depot CA, Inc., et al., which held that the plain language of the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act of 2021 (“EFAA”) exempts a plaintiff’s entire…
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San Diego Associate Attorney. Taylor has experience defending employers of all sizes in employment-related claims regarding wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and employment-related tort and contract claims. Taylor also has experience defending management in wage and hour class actions and PAGA representative actions. Taylor is a member of the Lawyers Club of San Diego and received her Juris Doctor from the University of San Diego School of Law, where she was a member of the Student Bar Association, Employment and Labor Law Society, Business Law Society, and Women’s Law Caucus.
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