Contract Disputes, Arbitration, Employment Contract

Contemporaneous Onboarding Documents May Invalidate An Employer’s “Squeaky Clean” Arbitration Agreement

Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP on 7/9/2025

Cross Country Healthcare, Inc., a healthcare staffing company, believed that it had a “squeaky clean” Arbitration Agreement with its employees. ...more

California Court of Appeals Holds That No Initials Are of “No Legal Consequence” To Enforce Arbitration

Epstein Becker & Green on 9/30/2020

On July 8, 2020, the California Court of Appeals held that when an employee fails to initial a specific part of an arbitration agreement, but still signs it, the agreement is still enforceable....more

Third Circuit Affirms District Court Decision to Vacate Arbitration Award

Carlton Fields on 2/5/2020

This case arises out of a dispute over a provision of a collective bargaining agreement entered into between Monongahela Valley Hospital Inc. and its employee, who was represented in the action by United Steel, Paper and...more

Arbitration Clauses in Employee Contracts and Beyond

Womble Bond Dickinson on 1/24/2020

Chris Fairey, General Counsel for American Residential Services, one of the nation’s largest residential and commercial heating, air-conditioning, and plumbing services companies, sits down with Mark to discuss arbitration...more

Court Denies Petition to Vacate Arbitration Award Based on Judicial Estoppel

Carlton Fields on 1/20/2020

This case arises out of plaintiff John B. Napoleone’s failure to repay a sign-on bonus of $100,000 to his former employer, defendant S2K Financial LLC, under the terms of his employment agreement. S2K commenced an arbitration...more

Court to Consider Whether California Ride Share Drivers Who Make Airport Runs Are Exempt from the Federal Arbitration Act

Epstein Becker & Green on 12/4/2019

On November 26, 2019, San Francisco Superior Court Judge Richard B. Ulmer ruled that the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”) might not apply to Uber drivers who are engaged in interstate commerce while driving passengers to or...more

Easily “Shocked”? At Least for Wage Claims, California Supreme Court Lowers Standard for Unconscionability in Arbitration...

Littler on 9/19/2019

In OTO, L.L.C. v. Kho, the California Supreme Court refused to enforce an employee’s arbitration agreement on the basis that it was unconscionable. Unconscionability has long been a common-law defense to contract...more

Court Of Chancery Decides If Arbitration Required When Arbitration Clause Not In One Of Two Contracts

Morris James LLP on 3/2/2016

When only one of two related contracts has an arbitration clause, the Court can still require arbitration of a dispute under the contract lacking that clause. The question is whether the two contracts deal with the same...more

The Chicago Cubs, Errors, and Arbitration of Florida Non-Compete Agreements

Burr & Forman on 10/23/2015

Some clients prefer to resolve disputes in arbitration. In theory, an arbitration proceeding can more quickly and — in some instances — more cost effectively resolve disputes. However because most arbitration clauses call for...more

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