JD Supra

Employment Arbitration Agreement Rollout During Class Action Backfires in Federal Court Case

While precedential for federal cases only, the Ninth Circuit’s recent decision in Avery v. TEKsystems, Inc. offers a pointed reminder to ...
HRD America

Court blocks TEKsystems arbitration rollout over misleading holiday worker emails

Appeals court blocks mid-lawsuit arbitration rollout, ruling employer's misleading holiday emails to workers violated federal ...
JD Supra

When Food Label Class Actions Go Wrong: Arbitration Waivers, Sanctions, and Judicial Discretion After Golikov v. Walmart and the Subway Tuna Litigation

Class actions challenging allegedly misleading food labels remain a staple of consumer litigation, particularly in California ...
The National Law Review

Class Arbitration of ERISA Claims: Yes You Can!

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Law

Arbitration Agreements and Class Action Waivers in the Employment Context: States Versus the FAA

It is no secret that arbitration agreements and class action waivers have, over time, become increasingly standard in countless areas of business—especially in the employment context. In 2019, the U.S ...
Law

Developments Regarding Arbitration and Class Action Waivers

In his Complex Litigation column, Michael Hoenig, a member of Herzfeld & Rubin, writes that the Supreme Court will hear an appeal of a February 2012 holding that an arbitration and class action waiver ...
WRAL

Supreme Court Upholds Workplace Arbitration Contracts Barring Class Actions

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that companies can use arbitration clauses in employment contracts to prohibit workers from banding together to take legal action over workplace issues.
FreightWaves

In Flowers Foods drivers’ case, employee arbitration vs. litigation issue can’t be overlooked

The question of arbitration vs. litigation is easy to overlook in the Flowers Foods drivers' Supreme Court case.
Forbes

State Lawmakers Pursue Reform Of Arbitration System Erected As Alternative To Class Action

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the intersection of state & federal policy and politics. In the days and even hours leading up to Governor Ron DeSantis’s ...
Reuters

Will Binance class action over Terra collapse be forced into arbitration?

(Reuters) - An all-too-familiar class action defense has imperiled a novel case accusing crypto trading platform Binance.US of breaching securities laws by facilitating trades in Terra USD, the ...