U.S. Supreme Court,
Civil Litigation,
Education Law
May 23, 2019
California Supreme Court reviewing forced arbitration in high school sex crime case
The type of broad arbitration agreement used by many private schools makes no exception for disputes that involve a student’s physical safety or sexual harassment, predation or any other criminal acts.
Katherine V.W. Stone
Arjay and Frances Fearing Miller Distinguished Professor of Law
UCLA School of Law
Professor Stone specializes in Arbitration Law and Labor Law.
Recent filings in a lawsuit between Michael Jackson's estate and HBO reveal that the pop star's estate is trying to use an arbitration clause to hide his sexual crimes. In 2018, President Donald Trump attempted to use an arbitration clause to cloak his illegal payoff to porn star Stormy Daniels on the eve of the 2016 presidential election.
The use of arbitration clauses to keep issues of public concern out of the public eye is not ne...
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