Deadlines for bringing a post-award challenge can also be tricky. A new law was enacted in California that will curb automatic stays of trial court proceedings upon the appeal of a denial of a motion to compel arbitration.(C) 180 days after entry of judgment. In California, contractual arbitral awards can be enforced under the California Arbitration Act (CAA) (Cal. Civ. Proc. The arbitrator will then rule on the request within 20 days. Under California law, an appeal of an order denying a motion to compel arbi- tration automatically stays the proceed- ings in the trial court. (Prudential-Bache. Maybe you won, maybe you lost. JAMS Rule 24(j) allows only seven days. Don't blink; you might miss it. And most lawyers have the notion in the back of their mind that they have 60 days to appeal from a California superior court judgment.