PRETRIAL ADJUDICATION
...Contract Arbitration
......Confirming Award
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Court may review and vacate an arbitration award involving both an employee's unwaivable statutory rights and an employer's written policy forbidding outside employment while on leave.

No error in denying CCP 128.7 sanctions against attys for filing frivolous claim where arbitration had settled issue and attys had substituted in after complaint filed and while action stayed.

By filing CCP 724.050 motion, D properly sought to enforce P's agreement to accept $100,000 plus costs as full satisfaction of the judgment of $366,527 entered confirming the arb. award.

Although FAA §9 is procedural and not applicable in state court proceedings, parties here did consent to judicial confirmation of any arbitration award per AAA.

Arbitrator’s termination of proceedings for lack of payment of fees did not constitute an “award” subject to confirmation.