03-7-7381 Pyo v. Wicked Fashions, Inc., Dist. Ct. (Debevoise, U.S.D.J.) (23 pp.) Plaintiff, a former employee of Defendant Wicked Fashions, Inc., filed a complaint asserting that Wicked engaged in national origin discrimination and labor law violations by requiring employees of Korean national origin to work overtime without pay while not imposing similar requirements on employees of non-Korean antecedents. Plaintiff filed this case as a purported class action behalf of himself and all others current or former Wicked employees of Korean origin. Here, the Court grants Wicked’s Motion to Compel Arbitration and dismisses the action, finding the manner in which Plaintiff was induced to execute the Arbitration Agreement, though brief and marked by a disparity in bargaining power, was not procedurally unconscionable. [Filed March 31, 2010]
