1. Enforcing Arbitration Clauses; Challenging Judges; Expert Declarations; False Advertising Claims; Construction Defect Class Actions

Brian and Shant discuss trends in enforcing arbitration clauses, blowing deadlines to challenge a judge, importance of an expert declaration when opposing a MSJ, federal preemption in false advertising claims against drug manufacturers, and construction defect class actions.

Goonewardene v. ADP, LLC (2019) 6 Ca.5^th 817: Employer can enforce an arbitration agreement between an employee and a staffing agency.

Sunrise Financial v. Superior Court (2019) 32 Cal.App.5^th 144: Section 170.6 challenge was untimely because defendants filed the challenge more than 15 days after they made an appearance in the action by filing an opposition to the section 403 transfer/consolidation motion in Judge Wohlfeil's department.

Fernandez v. Alexander (2019) 31 Cal.App.5^th 770:. Court of Appeal found the declaration by a patient's expert did not opine on issue of whether recommendation of cast rather than surgery caused increase to patient's wrist injury, and thus did not create genuine issue of fact as to causation.

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