In a case of first impression, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals held on February 25, 2026, that all claims in a sexual harassment case are prohibited from going to arbitration, not just the sexual ...
Federal courts’ strong presumption in favor of arbitration under the Federal Arbitration Act has long enabled employers to ...
Seyfarth Synopsis: The federal Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act of 2021 (“EFAA”) renders arbitration agreements unenforceable with regard to claims of sexual ...
Arbitration clauses are prevalent in employment agreements. Typically, however, an officer or manager of a company will not be a party to other employees' employment agreements with the company, and ...
A federal appeals court just handed employers a wake-up call: one harassment claim can void your entire arbitration agreement.
As we blogged about here, the United States Supreme Court in Viking River Cruises, Inc. v. Moriana divided PAGA claims into two buckets: (1) individual PAGA claims; and (2) representative PAGA claims ...
A dispute between a Canton-based physicians' group and its medical malpractice insurer must be resolved through arbitration, the Supreme Court of Ohio ruled. Writing for the Court, Justice Daniel R.
Industry arbitration claims spiked during the first four months of the year, an indication that widespread disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic are leading to disputes between registered ...
Alexander v. Gardner-Denver Co. has long been seen as a breakwater against any requirement that unionized employees bring federal bias claims to arbitration under their labor agreements, even if those ...
David Del Rio isn't taking his sudden firing last year from CBS' Matlock over sexual assault allegations without a fight.
Thousands of Amazon.com Flex drivers filed arbitration claims on Tuesday, alleging they were misclassified as independent contractors rather than employees, the lawyer representing the drivers told ...