Review petitions pending in arbitration cases: Iskanian and Hoover

Petitions for review have been filed with the California Supreme Court in two cases involving class arbitration and Concepcion:

• Iskanian v. CLS Transportation, No. S204032 (petition for review filed 07/16/12)
• Hoover v. American Income Life Ins., No. S204218 (petition for review filed 07/23/12)

Several depublication requests have been filed in Hoover by defense-side interests.  Both of the cases involve wage and hour claims brought by a putative class of workers. 

Under Rule of Court 8.512(b)(1), the Supreme Court must grant or deny review within 60 days of the filing of a petition for review.  (The Rule also allows the Court to grant itself an extension of time.)  Accordingly, we may not see action in these cases for another month or so. 

My original blog posts on Iskanian and Hoover are here and here.