Pattern or Practice

Updates from the Second Circuit and Supreme Court About Arbitration Provisions and Potential Impact on Employers

by Lisa E. Cleary, Nivritha Ketty, Adam Pinto, Catherine A. Williams | Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP on 4/3/2013

Last week, the Second Circuit weighed in again on the enforceability of an arbitration provision in Parisi v. Goldman, Sachs & Co., No. 11-5229-cv (2d Cir. Mar. 21, 2013). The provision at issue required employees to pursue...more

Second Circuit Holds No Substantive Right To Bring A Pattern-Or-Practice Title VII Claim

by Kelly Cullen, Sara Dionne, Jessica Perry | Orrick - Global Employment Law Group on 3/27/2013

Reversing a denial of a motion to compel arbitration in Parisi et al. v. Goldman, Sachs & Co. et al., the Second Circuit held that a plaintiff does not have a substantive right to bring a pattern and practice claim under...more

Second Circuit Orders Arbitration and Reverses District Court’s Decision in Parisi v. Goldman, Sachs & Co., Finding No Substantive...

by Keisha-Ann Gray, Steven Hurd, Kathleen McKenna | Proskauer Rose LLP on 3/27/2013

On March 21, 2013, the Second Circuit issued its highly-anticipated decision enforcing an arbitration clause and holding that a Title VII plaintiff does not have a substantive right to proceed on a class-wide basis in...more

Second Circuit Upholds Enforceability of Arbitration Agreements that Bar Title VII Class Actions, Finding that there is no...

by Sean Kirby | Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 3/25/2013

On March 21, 2013, the Second Circuit issued its opinion in Parisi v. Goldman Sachs & Co., Case No. 11-5229, reversing a decision from the Southern District of New York, and holding that arbitration agreements which preclude...more

DOJ Settles Another ‘Pattern or Practice’ Fair Lending Case

by Richard J. Andreano, Jr., John L. Culhane, Jr., Alan S. Kaplinsky, Christopher J. Willis | Ballard Spahr LLP on 2/21/2013

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) recently settled a fair lending lawsuit against Texas Champion Bank. This means that, once again, a DOJ attempt to use disparate impact evidence to establish that a lender engaged in a...more

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Updates from the Second Circuit and Supreme Court About Arbitration Provisions and Potential Impact on Employers

Second Circuit Holds No Substantive Right To Bring A Pattern-Or-Practice Title VII Claim

Second Circuit Orders Arbitration and Reverses District Court’s Decision in Parisi v. Goldman, Sachs & Co., Finding No Substantive...

Second Circuit Upholds Enforceability of Arbitration Agreements that Bar Title VII Class Actions, Finding that there is no...

DOJ Settles Another ‘Pattern or Practice’ Fair Lending Case

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