K&L Gates Triage: Reading the Fine Print: A Closer Look at the Proposed Regulation over Arbitration Clauses in Long-Term Care Resident Agreements
On March 3, 2022, President Biden signed the long-titled Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act of 2021. Seen as a result of the #MeToo movement, this fairly simple amendment to Title 9 of the...more
U.S. HOUSE PASSES THE FAIR ACT - On March 17, 2022, the United States House of Representatives passed the Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal Act (FAIR Act), which prohibits all pre-dispute mandatory arbitration provisions...more
Employers can't require arbitration of sexual harassment, assault lawsuits. President Biden has signed into law the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act. The legislation provides that...more
The Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act of 2021 is expected to be signed into law soon by President Biden and will amend the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) to allow employees who are bound by...more
The #MeToo Movement, now in its third year, continued its evolution from grassroots activism to legislative change in 2019, with new laws addressing discrimination and harassment emerging from state governments and resulting...more
New York’s ban on pre-dispute agreements requiring employees to use arbitration to resolve sexual harassment claims is invalid, a federal judge in Manhattan has ruled. In a decision from the United States District Court for...more
In April 2018, as part of a major reform to combat sexual harassment in the workplace, New York enacted a law rendering pre-dispute agreements to arbitrate sexual harassment claims null and void “[e]xcept where inconsistent...more