AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion

Holding that a ban on collective-action waivers in those contracts worked to "disfavor arbitration"

Volt Info. Scis., Inc. v. Bd. of Trs.

Holding that the Federal Arbitration Act requires courts to enforce arbitration agreements according to their terms, including where the parties "specify by contract the rules under which arbitration will be conducted"

Doctor's Assocs., Inc. v. Casarotto

Holding "that Montana's first-page notice requirement, which governs not ‘any contract,’ but specifically and solely contracts ‘subject to arbitration,’ conflicts with the FAA and is therefore displaced by the federal measure."

Armendariz v. Foundation Health Psychcare Services, Inc.

Holding unilateral arbitration provision substantively unconscionable

Taus v. Loftus

Holding that a published article and the investigation conducted in connection with the article, including an interview, constituted protected activity

Rosenthal v. Great W. Fin. Secs. Corp.

Holding fraud in the inducement "occurs when the promisor knows what he is signing but his consent is induced by fraud"

Sav-On Drug Stores, Inc. v. Superior Court

Holding that common questions predominated in overtime case brought by chain store managers

Saint Agnes Medical Center v. PacifiCare of California

Holding the prejudice results from a party's expenditure on defending against motions that reflect a position on arbitrability

Gentry v. Superior Court

Holding that an employee's signature on receipt of "issue resolution package," which included a 30-day opt-out provision of arbitration agreement, "reasonably led" his employer to believe "that his failure to opt out constituted acceptance of the arbitration agreement"

Jackson v. County of Los Angeles

Holding that the doctrine of judicial estoppel should apply when: " the same party has taken two positions; the positions were taken in judicial or quasi-judicial administrative proceedings; the party was successful in asserting the first position (i.e., the tribunal adopted the position or accepted it as true); the two positions are totally inconsistent; and the first position was not taken as a result of ignorance, fraud, or mistake."

Section 17200 - Unfair competition defined

Prohibiting unlawful business practices

Section 1 - "Maritime transactions" and "commerce" defined; exceptions to operation of title

Defining the word "commerce" in the language of the Commerce Clause itself

Section 2 - Validity, irrevocability, and enforcement of agreements to arbitrate

Granting federal jurisdiction where there is "a transaction involving [interstate] commerce"

Section 226 - Itemized statement of wages

Providing only statutory penalties

Section 201 - Computation and payment of wages upon discharge

Providing that, "[i]f an employer discharges an employee, the wages earned and unpaid at the time of discharge are due and payable immediately"

Section 1194 - Recovery by employee in civil action regardless of agreement to receive lesser wage

Authorizing an employee receiving less than the legal overtime compensation to recover the unpaid balance, interest, attorney's fees, and costs of suit in a civil action

Section 203 - Failure to pay; penalties

Providing that any willfully unpaid wages "shall continue as a penalty from the due date thereof at the same rate until paid or until an action therefor is commenced"

Section 510 - Eight hour workday; compensation for overtime

Requiring employers to pay 1.5 times the "regular rate of pay" for overtime

Section 1281.2 - Grounds for not ordering parties to arbitrate controversy

Stating that an order compelling arbitration “may not be refused on the ground that the petitioner's contentions lack substantive merit”

Section 2699 - Civil penalty; civil action by aggrieved employee to recover

Providing that "[a]ny employee who prevails in any action" shall be entitled to reasonable attorney's fees

Rule 8.520 - Briefs by parties and amici curiae; judicial notice

Rule 8.252 - Judicial notice; findings and evidence on appeal