Civil Litigation,
Labor/Employment,
Alternative Dispute Resolution
May 8, 2019
Banning compulsory arbitration clauses is not the answer
Of course, the devil is always in the details. But, there are other ways to address the legitimate objections to arbitration without jettisoning an approach through which thousands of cases have been successfully and fairly resolved.
Michael H. Leb
Neutral
Leb Dispute Resolutions
Labor & Employment
Phone: (310) 284-8224
Fax: (310) 284-8229
Email: michael@lebdr.com
U Michigan Law School
THE NEUTRAL CORNER is a monthly column discussing recent cases or topics of interest from a neutral's perspective.
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On April 24, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its long-awaited decision in Lamps Plus, Inc. v. Varela, 2019 DJDAR 3349. In that case, the court (5-4) reversed yet another 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision and held that an employment agreement could not be interpreted to permit class arbitra...
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