Defendant SemGroup Corp. and intervenor-defendant Cypress Environmental Management-TIR appealed an Oklahoma district court order denying their motions to compel arbitration. The plaintiff, Robert Ferrell, was a Cypress...more
The Ninth Circuit denied a petition seeking to vacate an order compelling arbitration of an Uber driver’s putative class action. The district court held that rideshare drivers who pick up and drop off passengers at airports...more
10/15/2020
/ Arbitration ,
Arbitration Agreements ,
Contract Terms ,
Drivers ,
Employment Contract ,
Exemptions ,
Federal Arbitration Act ,
Interstate Commerce ,
Motion to Compel ,
Putative Class Actions ,
Uber
The New Jersey Supreme Court issued a combined opinion in two cases arising from arbitration agreements in employment contracts. The plaintiffs in the respective cases claimed they fell within section 1 of the Federal...more
The Southern District of New York granted a motion to compel arbitration of an employment dispute between the petitioners and the respondent. The petitioners also filed a motion to dismiss or stay a concurrent proceeding that...more
11/18/2019
/ Arbitration ,
Arbitration Agreements ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Contract ,
Employment Litigation ,
Fee-Shifting ,
Lack of Jurisdiction ,
Limitation of Liability Clause ,
Motion to Compel ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Motion To Stay ,
Severability Doctrine ,
Unconscionable Contracts
The plaintiff sued his former employer for discrimination, retaliation, hostile work environment, and violations of the Missouri Human Rights Act. The defendant moved to compel arbitration based on the parties’ Mutual...more
7/10/2019
/ Arbitration ,
Arbitration Agreements ,
Contract Terms ,
Delegation Clauses ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Contract ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Employment Litigation ,
Hostile Environment ,
Motion to Compel ,
Retaliation
Petitioners, two Rent-A-Center entities, moved to compel arbitration of a lawsuit by Anita Ellis alleging that Rent-A-Center unlawfully terminated her employment for seeking workers’ compensation benefits....more
6/18/2019
/ Adverse Employment Action ,
Arbitration ,
Contract Terms ,
Delegation Clauses ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Contract ,
Employment Litigation ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Motion to Compel ,
Retaliation ,
Reversal ,
Unconscionable Contracts ,
Workers' Compensation Claim ,
Wrongful Termination ,
WV Supreme Court