Category: Arbitration: Vestigial Powers

Choice of Law; Delegation: Delegation Clause And Agreement Arbitration Disabling Application Of California Law In Employment Dispute Are Found To Be Substantively Unconscionable

“Exotic” Choice Of Law Clause Is The Key To This Case.      Stained glass in Neiman Marcus store, San Francisco.  Carol M. Highsmith, photographer.  2012.  Library of Congress.      Neiman Marcus drafted an ingenious choice of law clause that the First District, Division Four, describes as “exotic” – perhaps a euphemism for “too clever by […]

Arbitration/Stay: Inability to Pay Costs of Arbitration Not Good Enough Reason to Lift Stay of Lawsuit

  Vestigial Powers of Court Following Stay Leave It Without Power to Lift Stay Under the Circumstances      MKJA sued 123 Fit Franchising alleging that it had been fraudulently induced to enter into franchise agreements. The defendant commenced arbitration in Colorado pursuant to an arbitration, and sought a stay in California of the lawsuit pursuant […]