Ferry Eden Lopez

Ferry Eden Lopez’s articles from K&L Gates LLP are most popular: within Employment and HR topic(s) in European Union with readers working within the Law Firm industries K&L Gates LLP are most popular: within Law Practice Management topic(s) In Wise v. Tesla Motors, Inc. (Wise),1the California Court of Appeal sent a clear signal that courts may not use collateral defects in related employment agreements to invalidate an otherwise enforceable arbitration agreement.

In Wise v. Tesla Motors, Inc. (Wise),1 the California Court of Appeal sent a clear signal that courts may not use collateral defects in related employment agreements to invalidate an otherwise enforceable arbitration agreement. Even where contemporaneously executed agreements are construed together, Wise confirms that severance, rather than wholesale invalidation, remains the appropriate remedy when unconscionable provisions are collateral and do not taint the arbitral forum.

In Wise v. Tesla Motors, Inc. (Wise),1 the California Court of Appeal sent a clear signal that courts may not use collateral defects in related employment agreements to invalidate an otherwise enforceable arbitration agreement. Even where contemporaneously executed agreements are construed together, Wise confirms that severance, rather than wholesale invalidation, remains the appropriate remedy when unconscionable provisions are collateral and do not taint the arbitral forum.