The long-awaited decision from the US Supreme Court on the enforceability of arbitration provisions requiring disputes to be resolved on an individual basis only – otherwise known semi-pejoratively as “class action waivers” — was handed down last week. In AT&T Mobility, LLC v. Concepcion, 563 US ____, 2011 WL 1561956 (April 27, 2011), a five-to-four majority of the Court nullified a key California law doctrine that had previously rendered many employment arbitration agreements unenforceable. This Legal Alert is intended for the corporate counsel considering the ramifications of AT&T Mobility in California and other states, written by a practitioner who has litigated more than a dozen California trial and appeals court decisions to enforce employer arbitration agreements.

To read the full Alert, please click here.

To see the recent After Hours episode presaging the AT&T Mobility decision, please click here.

For more information, please contact Harry Johnson, Partner in Arent Fox’s Labor & Employment Group:

Harry Johnson
213.443.7567
johnson.harry@arentfox.com