DEPARTMENT OF FAIR EMPLOYMENT & HOUSING v. CISCO SYSTEMS, INC.

No. H048910.

82 Cal.App.5th 93 (2022)

DEPARTMENT OF FAIR EMPLOYMENT AND HOUSING, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. CISCO SYSTEMS, INC., et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Court of Appeals of California, Sixth District.

August 5, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, Lynne C. Hermle , Joseph C. Liburt , Carolina Aicon Garcia ; Rex Heinke and Jessica M. Weisel , under appointments by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant Cisco Systems, Inc.

Fox Rothschild, Alexander John Hernaez and Andrew Stephen Esler for Defendants and Appellants Ramana Kompella and Sundar Iyer.

Sirithon Thanasombat , Melanie Lea Proctor , Janette L. Wipper ; Rudy, Exelrod, Zieff & Lowe, Chaya M. Mandelbaum and Michelle G. Lee for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

The issue in this case is whether the Department of Fair Employment and Housing (the Department) can be compelled to arbitrate an employment discrimination lawsuit when the affected employee agreed to resolve disputes with the employer through arbitration. We conclude the Department cannot be required...

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