Court Overturns Rejection of Surgeon’s Arbitration Pact Because It Was Not in Spanish September 1, 2023 An eye surgeon’s English language mandatory arbitration agreement with a patient is valid and enforceable where the patient claimed if...
Twitter’s Laid-Off Workers Cannot Pursue Claims Via Class-Action Lawsuit January 17, 2023 Twitter Inc has secured a ruling allowing the social media company to force several laid-off workers suing over their termination...
State Appeals Court Invalidates Uber’s Hyperlinked User Arbitration Pact October 13, 2022 By Andrew G. Simpson An arbitration agreement buried behind a hyperlink that does not give consumers clear notice they are waiving their right to...
Nursing Home Denied ‘Unconscionable’ Arbitration Where Patient Was Blind, Alone July 11, 2022 By Andrew G. Simpson A Pittsburgh nursing home has been barred from relying upon an arbitration agreement to settle a family’s wrongful death complaint...
Wells Fargo Agrees to Halt Forced Arbitration for Sex Harassment Claims February 13, 2020 By Imani Moise Wells Fargo & Co. on Wednesday ended its forced arbitration policy for employee sexual harassment claims, opening the lender to...
Supreme Court Backs Arbitration in Kavanaugh’s First Written Opinion January 9, 2019 By Andrew Chung The U.S. Supreme Court’s newest member, Brett Kavanaugh, issued his first written opinion on Tuesday as the justices in a...
After 20K Employees Protest, Google Searches for New Harassment Policies November 9, 2018 By Arjun Panchadar and Paresh Dave Alphabet Inc.’s Google said on Thursday it would change the way it handles sexual harassment claims, a week after 20,000...
Supreme Court Looks to Favor Business Arbitration with Individuals Over Courts October 30, 2018 By Andrew Chung U.S. Supreme Court justices signaled on Monday they may issue more pro-business rulings giving companies wide latitude to use arbitration...
Lawmakers Ask Supreme Court to Weigh Veterans’ vs. Employers’ Rights in Workplace June 5, 2017 By Josh Eidelson Nineteen lawmakers are testing their luck at the Supreme Court, asking the justices to take up a case on whether...
U.S. Supreme Court Sides With Kentucky Nursing Home in Arbitration Case May 17, 2017 The United States Supreme Court says a Kentucky nursing home can require the families of two former residents to pursue...