California has a long history of animosity towards the arbitration, rather than litigation, of disputes arising in both the employment and consumer context. The most recent effort by the California State Legislature to...more
This past week, the EEOC withdrew its 1997 policy statement regarding mandatory binding arbitration agreements. In that policy statement, the EEOC took the position that the use of mandatory binding arbitration agreements as...more
Many employers have implemented mandatory arbitration policies requiring that all employment related disputes be resolved through final and binding arbitration rather than in traditional court proceedings. Generally speaking,...more