In September, the California Supreme Court granted review of Brown v. Superior Court ( June 2013 FEB). There, the appellate court concluded that claims under the California Private Attorneys' General Act of 2004 advance a predominately public purpose and a private arbitration agreement purporting to waive such representative action was unenforceable. The Court deferred briefing pending resolution of Iskanian v. CLS Transportation of Los Angeles ( October 2012 FEB), which is expected to address the same and other related issues. In Iskanian, the parties completed briefing in April 2013, followed by briefing of interested third-party groups (amicus curiae) in May and responses thereto in July; as a next step, the matter should be scheduled for hearing.
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