MARIBEL BALTAZAR, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. FOREVER 21, INC., et al., Defendants and Appellants., 62 Cal. 4th 1237

Summary

HOLDINGS: [1]-In a case regarding the enforceability of an arbitration agreement under the law of unconscionability, the Supreme Court concluded that the agreement was not unconscionable; [2]-There was no oppression or sharp practices on the part of defendants; [3]-Plaintiff was not lied to, placed under duress, or otherwise manipulated into signing the agreement; [4]-A provisional relief clause did no more than recite the procedural protections already secured by Code Civ. Proc., § 1281.8, subd. (b), which expressly permits parties to an arbitration to seek preliminary injunctive relief during the pendency of the arbitration; [5]-The agreement did not restrict the use of confidential or proprietary information in the proceeding, nor did it pretermit any determination of whether a particular piece of information is a trade secret or otherwise qualifies as proprietary and confidential.