Last week, in Salome Samaniego, et. al. v. Empire Today, LLC (May 2012), the California Court of Appeals refused to enforce an arbitration clause in the context of wage and hour litigation on the grounds that the  arbitration provision was procedurally and substantively unconscionable. 

Last week, on April 30, 2012, in Kirby v. Immoos Fire Protection, Inc., the California Supreme Court ruled on an issue whether a party prevailing on a section 226.7, for an alleged failure to provide meal and rest breaks, may be awarded attorney’s fees. Surprisingly to everyone, the Court held that neither prevailing defendant nor prevailing plaintiff is entitled to attorney’s fees under section 226.7.