Supremes Leave PAGA Representative Claims Intact

Executive Summary: On January 20, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court denied review of CLS Transportation Los Angeles, LLC v. Iskanian ("Iskanian"), a case which would have determined whether employees in California could continue to bring representative claims, despite the existence of arbitration agreements with mandatory class/representative action waivers. Companies operating in California may now need to rethink their use of arbitration agreements in light of the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling.

On January 20, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court, without any comment, denied defendant CLS Transportation Los Angeles' Petition for Writ of Certiorari in CLS...