Lessons in Drafting and Implementing an Enforceable Mandatory Arbitration Agreement
The California Supreme Court invalidated a mandatory arbitration agreement involving a former employee’s wage claims, finding the agreement was both procedurally and substantively unconscionable, according to a Ford Harrison post by partner Frederick L. Warren.
“The Court found that the arbitration agreement’s execution involved a high degree of procedural unconscionability,” explained Warren. “The Court stated that ‘the agreement appears to have been drafted with an aim to thwart, rather than promote, understanding.'”