Not So Fast: Ninth Circuit Resurrects Ban On Mandatory Employment Arbitration Agreements

A split panel of the Ninth Circuit vacated in part a preliminary injunction barring enforcement of AB 51, the California law banning mandatory employment arbitration agreements.[1]  But the Ninth Circuit found that the penalties for violation of this provision are preempted by the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA), so the enforcement path remains unclear.

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