( June 25, 2026, 11:20 AM EDT) -- SAN JOSE, Calif. — The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals issued its mandate affirming the denial of a car manufacturer’s motion to compel arbitration of putative class claims for violation of California’s unfair competition law (UCL) based on an alleged defect with its vehicles’ headrests after denying the manufacturer’s motion to stay the mandate pending the filing of its petition for a writ of certiorari....