On June 26, 2019, Judge Denise Cote, of the Southern District of New York, granted a motion to compel arbitration of an employment discrimination, retaliation and sexual harassment claim—despite recently passed NY law, NY...more
7/2/2019
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Arbitration ,
Arbitration Agreements ,
Contract Terms ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Contract ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Employment Litigation ,
Federal Arbitration Act ,
Mandatory Arbitration Clauses ,
Motion to Compel ,
Retaliation ,
Sexual Harassment
The Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that a court cannot force class arbitration unless both the employer and the employee clearly agreed to class arbitration. In Lamps Plus, Inc. v. Varela...more
4/26/2019
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Appeals ,
Arbitration ,
Arbitration Agreements ,
Class Arbitration ,
Consent ,
Federal Arbitration Act ,
Federal v State Law Application ,
Jurisdiction ,
Lamps Plus Inc v Varela ,
Motion to Compel ,
Preemption ,
Reversal ,
SCOTUS
Employers seeking to require binding arbitration for employee claims need to take notice of a recent decision. ...more
Following up on a recent post about the intricacies of mandatory arbitration agreements in the workplace, the New Jersey Appellate Division recently held that an arbitration clause that employees did not explicitly agree to...more
New Jersey employers seeking to compel arbitration secured a big win earlier this month when a federal judge ruled that former employees agreed to an arbitration agreement by clicking on a hyperlink sent to them by their...more
Washington, D.C., 21 May 2018 – Hogan Lovells, in conjunction with several other law firms, secured a major Supreme Court victory today in Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis, a landmark case preserving the right of employers to...more
5/22/2018
/ Arbitration ,
Arbitration Agreements ,
Class Action Arbitration Waivers ,
Epic Systems Corp v Lewis ,
Ernst & Young v Morris ,
Federal Arbitration Act ,
Murphy Oil v NLRB ,
Remand ,
Reversal ,
Savings Clause ,
SCOTUS