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The Latest Developments in the Arbitration Wars – Implausible Sexual Harassment Claims

Since its enactment, the federal Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act has resulted in plaintiffs’ lawyers tacking on increasingly implausible sexual harassment claims to unrelated...more

Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co.

Employment Law: Everything You Need to Know for the Beginning of 2025

Israel began 2025 with a series of labor law amendments and updates. Following are highlights of relevant amendments and innovations. ...more

Fisher Phillips

NYC Bans Contract Terms that Reduce the Time Employees Have to Bring Discrimination Claims: Key Points for Employers

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New York City employers should review their handbooks and employment agreements to ensure they comply with a new law that took effect May 11. Lawmakers recently amended the New York City Human Rights Law (NYCHRL) to prohibit...more

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Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Harassment, Not Discrimination

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Arbitration agreements are a powerful tool used by many employers to compel the utilization of arbitration as a means of alternative dispute resolution. Arbitration allows the parties of a claim to resolve the dispute...more

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Timing is Everything: NJ Appellate Division Compels Arbitration of Employee’s Sex Harassment Claims

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On October 26, 2022, the New Jersey Appellate Division in Rourke v. Herr Foods, Inc. once again confirmed that the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) preempts the 2019 amendment to the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (NJLAD)...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Key Trends in Executive Compensation, Employment Law and Compensation Committee Practices

On January 29, 2020, Skadden hosted the webinar “Key Trends in Executive Compensation, Employment Law and Compensation Committee Practices” presented by panelists Michael Bergmann, Executive Compensation and Benefits counsel;...more

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California Prohibits Most “No Rehire” Provisions in Settlement Agreements

Employment litigation settlement agreements often include a mutually negotiated “no-rehire” provision by which the departing employee agrees not to seek employment with the company in the future. A recently enacted California...more

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Mandatory Arbitration Provision Enforceable in Sexual Harassment Case Despite Recent NY Law

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On June 26, 2019, Judge Denise Cote, of the Southern District of New York, granted a motion to compel arbitration of an employment discrimination, retaliation and sexual harassment claim—despite recently passed NY law, NY...more

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