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    Harrod v. Country Oaks Partners, LLC
    Health care agent's power of attorney over principal's health care decisions did not include authority to bind the principal to a separate, optional arbitration agreement presented with other admissions paperwork.     		Arbitration CASC Mar. 29, 2024
    Weeks v. Interactive Life Forms, LLC
    Trial court correctly declined to compel arbitration pursuant to "browsewrap" terms of use on defendant's website, which required no affirmative assent by the consumer.     		Arbitration 2DCA/1 Mar. 27, 2024
    Davis v. Nissan North America, Inc.
    Defendant car manufacturers, who were not parties to sale contract between plaintiffs and the dealership containing the arbitration clause, could not compel arbitration based on equitable estoppel.     		Arbitration 4DCA/1 Mar. 19, 2024
    McBurnie v. RAC Acceptance East LLC
    Ninth Circuit's holding in *Blair v. Rent-A-Center, Inc.* was not abrogated by the Supreme Court's decision in *Viking River Cruises, Inc. v. Moriana* because *Viking River* addressed PAGA claims.     		Arbitration 9th Mar. 15, 2024
    Ortiz v. Randstad Inhouse Services, LLC
    Warehouse equipment operator qualified for the Federal Arbitration Act's transportation worker exemption because he handled products along a supply chain that were moved interstate.     		Arbitration 9th Mar. 13, 2024
    Herrera v. Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd.
    Defendant airline was entitled to enforce third-party booking website's arbitration provision under the doctrine of equitable estoppel.     		Arbitration 9th Mar. 12, 2024
    Hohenshelt v. Superior Court (Golden State Foods Corp.)
    Because extension for arbitration fees' payment must be agreed to by all parties, arbitrator's extension of due date for late payment did not prevent waiver of right to arbitration.     		Arbitration 2DCA/8 Feb. 29, 2024
    Jones v. Solgen Construction
    Appellants failed to show that their evidence of a valid arbitration agreement was uncontradicted because there was evidence the 81-year-old signee did not understand the loan agreement she signed.     		Arbitration 5DCA Feb. 28, 2024
    Johnson v. Lowe's Home Centers, LLC
    Private Attorneys General Act plaintiffs can arbitrate individual PAGA while maintaining non-individual PAGA claims in court.     		Arbitration 9th Feb. 13, 2024
    Patrick v. Running Warehouse, LLC
    Consumers were bound by arbitration provision in websites' terms of use because they had inquiry notice of the terms and, by completing their orders, agreed to be bound by them.     		Arbitration 9th Feb. 13, 2024
    Voltage Pictures, LLC v. Gussi, S.A. de C.V.
    California company sufficiently served notice to confirm arbitral award by mailing motion papers to Mexican company's counsel.     		Arbitration 9th Feb. 6, 2024
    Kader v. Southern California Medical Center, Inc.
    Trial court properly denied motion to compel arbitration of sexual harassment claims where no conduct had been brought to the employer's attention at the time of the agreement's execution.     		Arbitration 2DCA/5 Jan. 31, 2024
    Suarez v. Superior Court (Rudolph & Sletten, Inc.)
    Emailed arbitration fee invoice was not an electronically served court document, so two-day grace period for electronic service did not apply, resulting in untimely payment and forfeited arbitration rights.     		Arbitration 4DCA/1 Jan. 25, 2024
    J.R. v. Electronic Arts
    Minor's disaffirmation arbitration agreement with Electronic Arts rendered the entire agreement, including the delegation provision, null.     		Arbitration 4DCA/2 Jan. 19, 2024
    Hasty v. American Automobile Assn. of Northern California, Nevada and Utah
    Arbitration agreement was unconscionable and ineligible for severance where the agreement was not discussed when plaintiff accepted a verbal employment offer and contained an invalid Private Attorneys General Act waiver.     		Arbitration 3DCA Jan. 18, 2024
    DeMarinis v. Heritage Bank of Commerce
    Bank's arbitration agreement with employees contained an invalid waiver of their individual PAGA claims since the agreement contained a nonseverability clause and poison pill provision.     		Arbitration 1DCA/3 Jan. 10, 2024
    Haydon v. Elegance at Dublin
    Because elderly care facility's arbitration clause was procedurally and substantively unconscionable, provision was unenforceable against former facility resident's Elder Abuse Act claim.     		Arbitration 1DCA/3 Dec. 21, 2023
    Baglione v. Health Net of California
    Motion to compel arbitration was properly denied because arbitration agreements failed the requirements of Health and Safety Code Section 1363.1 for health care service plans.     		Arbitration 2DCA/8 Dec. 8, 2023
    Bielski v. Coinbase, Inc.
    Ninth Circuit delineated what steps were necessary to challenge arbitration agreement's delegation provision and what courts may consider when evaluating such disputes.     		Arbitration 9th Dec. 6, 2023
    State of California v. Alco Harvest
    Agreement to arbitrate, as a material term, requires H-2A employers to disclose such waiver in job description submission to Department of Labor.     		Arbitration 2DCA/6 Nov. 24, 2023
    FCM Investments v. Grove Pham, LLC
    Because arbitrator's credibility finding was based on linguistic bias, giving rise to arbitrator's own possible bias, arbitration award was vacated.     		Arbitration 4DCA/1 Oct. 19, 2023
    In re: Uber Technologies Wage and Hour Cases
    The Federal Arbitration Act did not preempt the California Division of Labor Standards Enforcement's actions against Uber and Lyft, as the state was not a party to individual drivers' arbitration agreements.     		Arbitration 1DCA/4 Oct. 2, 2023
    Winkler v. McCloskey
    Receiver tasked with clawing back profits from a Ponzi scheme was acting on behalf of the receivership and may be bound by the operating agreements signed by the receivership entities.     		Arbitration 9th Sep. 29, 2023
    Modification: Doe v. Superior Court (Na Hoku, Inc.)
    Fees and costs owed for a pending employee or consumer arbitration proceeding must be received by the arbitrator within 30 days and a check that arrived after was untimely.     		Arbitration 1DCA/3 Sep. 29, 2023
    Doe v. Superior Court (Na Hoku, Inc.)
    Fees and costs owed for a pending employee or consumer arbitration proceeding must be received by the arbitrator within 30 days and a check that arrived after was untimely.     		Arbitration 1DCA/3 Sep. 12, 2023
    Yeh v. Superior Court (Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC)
    Nonsignatory car manufacturer could not enforce arbitration provisions based on equitable estoppel where the plaintiffs' claims were not intimately founded and intertwined with the agreements containing the provisions.     		Arbitration 1DCA/4 Sep. 8, 2023
    Barrera v. Apple American Group LLC
    While employers could compel arbitration of former Applebee's employees' individual PAGA claims, the aggrieved employees retained standing to bring their non-individual PAGA claims in court.     		Arbitration 1DCA/2 Sep. 5, 2023
    Housing Authority City of Calexico v. Multi-Housing Tax Credit Partners
    Trial court erred in declining to review arbitration award on the merits, where parties agreed to such a review.     		Arbitration 4DCA/1 Aug. 29, 2023
    Kielar v. Superior Court (Hyundai)
    Rejecting *Felisilda v. FCA*'s holding, nonsignatory car manufacturer could not enforce arbitration provision in sales contract under the doctrine of equitable estoppel, where claims arose from warranty separate to sales contract.     		Arbitration 3DCA Aug. 17, 2023
    Boshears v. PeopleConnect, Inc.
    Federal Arbitration Act did not grant jurisdiction over interlocutory appeal from order denying dismissal merely because it appeared in the same document as an order denying motion to compel arbitration.     		Arbitration 9th Aug. 4, 2023
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