Five Star Senior Living Inc. v. Mandviwala

(1) Whether a California rule that prohibits the enforcement of arbitration agreements with respect to representative employment claims under California"s Private Attorneys General Act, which is applied to no other type of agreement, is pre-empted by the Federal Arbitration Act because the rule discriminates against arbitration agreements; and (2) whether a California rule that prohibits the enforcement of arbitration agreements with respect to representative employment claims under California"s Private Attorneys General Act is pre-empted by the FAA because the rule eviscerates bilateral arbitration agreements and thereby thwarts the objectives of the FAA.