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Labor/Employment

Apr. 13, 2001

'Circuit' Breaker

The legitimacy of private arbitration as a means of vindicating statutory rights is far from settled, even after Circuit City.

By Jeffrey K. Winikow
        
        To many, the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Circuit City Stores Inc. v. Adams, 2001 DJDAR 2849 (U.S. March 21, 2001), is a sweeping endorsement of private arbitration; to others, the decision represents nothing but judicial tolerance for a "separate but equal" system of civil rights enforcement, in which those charged with violating the ...

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