Employer Paid Expenses 7 Days Late.
The 2/6 DCA, in line with other intermediate appellate courts, remanded a decision not excusing an employer from paying arbitration expenses within 30 days, in Doe v. Lawyers for Employee and Consumer Rights, Case No. B330052 (2d Dist., Div. 6 Dec. 23, 2025) (unpublished), referencing Hohenshelt, 18 Cal.5th 310. Given that employer only paid 7 days late, it had an opportunity to demonstrate if its untimely payment was not willful, fraudulent, or grossly negligent, preventing the case from going back before the superior court rather than arbitration.