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California Court Holds AT&T Does Not Bar PAGA Class Suits

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The Supreme Court held that the Federal Arbitration Act trumped state law that voided arbitration contracts barring class actions. Now a California court has held that the FAA does not trump California's PAGA statute.
 

On April 27, 2011, the US Supreme Court held in AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion that an agreement requiring arbitration and prohibiting class wide arbitration was enforceable under the 1925 Federal Arbitration Act (FAA), which preempts California's unconscionability rules. A California court of appeal now confirmed in Brown v.

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