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In the recent case of\u00a0DirectTV, Inc. v. Imburgia<\/a><\/em>, the Supreme Court issued a key decision interpreting\u00a0the scope of arbitration agreements under the Federal Arbitration Act. In the lawsuit, the plaintiffs sought to enforce\u00a0a class action arbitration waiver, which included a provision providing that the entire clause was not enforceable if the law in the signing party’s\u00a0state dictated that\u00a0class action waivers are not enforceable. When the defendants\u00a0executed the contract, California law stated that class action waivers were not enforceable. The lower court ultimately ruled that the class action arbitration waiver was unconscionable and refused to enforce it.<\/p>\n

In reaching this holding, the California courts relied on the language in the contract that said “the law of your state,” finding that this allowed the court a basis for avoiding preemption pursuant to the Federal Arbitration Act. The lower court determined that Sections 1751 and 1781 of the California Remedies Act required the\u00a0provision to be deemed invalid, notwithstanding the application of the Federal Arbitration Act.<\/p>\n

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In the recent case of\u00a0DirectTV, Inc. v. Imburgia, the Supreme Court issued a key decision interpreting\u00a0the scope of arbitration agreements under the Federal Arbitration Act. 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