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2582 REVIEW GRANTED / REVIEW DISMISSED An arbitration clause contained in an employment agreement that all prospective employees were required to sign, and that required employees to submit their disputes against the employer to arbitration, but did not make the same requirement about disputes the employer might have against employees; prohibited employees from participating in class actions; required arbitration of claims for labor law violations; made the award of attorney fees discretionary, when statutes made such awards mandatory; and limited punitive damages to $5,000 was an unconscionable adhesion contract and, therefore, unenforceable.CitationRAMIREZ v CIRCUIT CITY (Unconscionable Arbitration) 76 CA4 1229 [See: Kinney v United 70 CA4 1322, T/AT 5/99; Graham v Scissor-Tail 28 C3 807; Keating v Superior Court 31 C3 584; Stevens v Owens-Corning 49 CA4 1645, T/AT 11/96]
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