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GAO report shows servicemembers can effectuate USERRA and SCRA rights in arbitration, and arbitration clauses do not prevent...

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Consumer advocates often contend that Congress should prohibit arbitration agreements with class action waivers because servicemembers and other consumers need class actions to effectuate their statutory rights.  However, a...more

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House Judiciary Subcommittee Hears Testimony on Arbitration Agreements

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A subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee recently held a hearing titled “Justice Denied: Forced Arbitration and the Erosion of our Legal System.”...more

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USERRA No Bar to Enforcing Employment Arbitration Agreement, Federal Appeals Court Rules

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The Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA) does not prohibit compelling a former employee to arbitrate his USERRA claims under an arbitration agreement, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the...more

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Ninth Circuit Rules that Arbitration of USERRA Claims Permissible

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In Ziober v. BLB Resources, Inc., 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 18516 (9th Cir., Oct. 14, 2016), the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit joined three other circuit courts in holding that the Uniformed Services...more

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Fenwick Employment Brief - November 2013

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Flurry of New California Employment Statutes Continues - The California Legislature passed and Governor Brown approved the following new statutes impacting California employment law that shortly take effect in 2014....more

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