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Quach v. California Commerce Club: California Abrogates the Arbitration-Specific “Prejudice” Requirement for Waiver

July 25, 2024
Quach v. California Commerce Club, Inc.California abandons its arbitration-specific rule requiring proof of prejudice to establish that a party waived the right to compel arbitration; waiver is now governed by the same general contract principles — proof by clear and convincing evidence of an intentional relinquishment — that apply to any other contractual right.Quach v. […]

ZB, N.A. v. Superior Court

September 12, 2019
The unpaid-wages component of section 558 is not a civil penalty recoverable through PAGA; only the fixed civil penalties ($50/$100 per employee per pay period) are PAGA penalties. Because the unpaid wages are not part of the PAGA claim, the trial court could not compel that portion to arbitration as if it were.

AMN Healthcare, Inc. v. Aya Healthcare Services, Inc.

November 1, 2018
The employee-non-solicitation provision was void under section 16600 because it restrained the individual defendants — recruiters whose profession is recruiting and placing nurses — from engaging in their chosen profession; applying Edwards, the court declined to use the older “reasonableness” analysis and held such…

Edwards v. Arthur Andersen LLP

August 7, 2008
Section 16600 voids contracts that restrain anyone from engaging in a lawful profession, trade, or business; Edwards’s noncompetition agreement was therefore invalid. California does not recognize the federal courts’ “narrow-restraint” exception — even a limited or partial restraint on practicing one’s profession is…
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