Two California Supreme Court cases relevant to this blog will be online shortly

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Later this morning the California Supreme Court will post opinions in Bruns (Dana) v. E-Commerce Exchange, Inc., et al. and In re Baycol Cases I and II. Bruns raises the following issues: Does a stay of discovery constitute a stay of the action within the meaning of Code of Civil Procedure section 583.340, subdivision (c), such that the period during which discovery was stayed should be excluded in determining the time within which the action had to be brought to trial? Baycol raises the following issue: Did the “death knell doctrine” require plaintiff to immediately appeal the sustaining of a demurer as to class claims when the ruling resolved both individual and class claims, or did the one final judgment rule apply and require a single appeal from the subsequent entry of final judgment on all claims?

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Alvarez v. T-Mobile USA, Inc. stayed pending Concepcion

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United States District Court Judge William B. Shubb (Eastern District of California) stayed a consumer class action pending against T-Mobile USA, Inc. until a decision is rendered in AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion, --- U.S. ----, 130 S.Ct. 3322 (2010).  Alvarez v. T-Mobile USA, Inc. (E.D. Cal. December 7, 2010).  As with all cell phone companies bent on world domination and ultimate evil, T-Mobile's consumer contract includes an arbitration provision with a class action waiver.