When is a 60-day deadline only 20 days?
If you google “How long to appeal arbitration order in California,” the AI Overview response looks something like this: “For court orders denying a petition to compel arbitration, you typically have 20 days to file a notice of appeal.” Using a more grammatical phrasing, if you google “How long does one have to appeal an arbitration order in California,” the result again is something like this: “Key deadlines for arbitration appeals in California: Denial of Motion to Compel Arbitration: 20 days to appeal an order dismissing or denying a petition to compel arbitration.” Similarly, googling “How long does one have to appeal an order denying arbitration order in California,” the AI Overview answer looks something like this: “In California, a notice of appeal regarding an order denying a petition to compel arbitration must typically be filed within 20 days after the superior court clerk or a party serves a ‘Notice of Entry’ of the order or a file-endorsed copy of the order.” (Note that googling these various queries, even verbatim, often returns slightly different phrasings.)
Read the full version of this month’s “Exceptionally Appealing” column from Partner Benjamin G. Shatz at the Daily Journal.