California Mediation and Arbitration

Month: December 2012

Arbitration/Enforceability/Homeowners: California Supreme Court’s Decision In Pinnacle Requires Reversal In Another Case Of Order Denying Developer’s Motion To Compel Arbitration

December 9, 2012 · Arbitration: Enforceability, Arbitration: Homeowners

     On August 16, 2012, we blogged about the California Supreme Court’s decision (actually, a majority, concurrences, and a dissent) in Pinnacle Museum Tower Association v. Pinnacle Market Development (US), LLC, 55 Cal.4th 223 (2012).  That case held that covenants, conditions and restrictions of a recorded declaration created by a developer, which contain an arbitration […]

Arbitration/Employment/Interpretation/Enforceability: Despite Signed, Integrated Employment Contract Without Arbitration Provision, Employee Ends Up Bound to Arbitrate By Subsequent Unsigned Arbitration Provision

December 5, 2012 · Uncategorized

  At-Will Nature of Employment Allowed Employer To Introduce New Policies Without A Signed Writing      At first, we were going to file this unpublished opinion under “go figure”, but we think we get it.  In 2003, employee Krishna Papudesi, a systems analyst with Northrop, signed an integrated employment contract with her employer having no […]