Petition of the day

Thepetition of the dayis:

Issue:(1) Whether the Federal Arbitration Act preempts a California rule that would condition enforcement of arbitration agreements upon a pre-arbitration, judicial determination that the arbitration agreement, as applied, provides for judicially imposed standards for accessibility, informality, and affordability unique to certain statutory claims notwithstanding the U.S. Supreme Courts recent prior decisions inAT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion(precluding states from requiring arbitration procedures inconsistent with the FAA, even if based on public policy considerations) andAmerican Express Co. v. Italian Colors Restaurant(the FAAs command to enforce arbitration agreements trumps any interest in ensuring the prosecution of low-value claims); and (2) whether the Federal Arbitration Act preempts California efforts to invent and apply a new unconscionability test (unreasonably one-sided), in lieu of the unconscionability test generally applicable in California (shocks the conscience), notwithstanding the plain language of Section 2 of the FAA that limits defenses to arbitration agreement enforcement to such grounds as exist at law or in equity for the revocation of any contract and precludes defenses to arbitration enforcement that apply uniquely to arbitration agreements.