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Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Can non-signatories be bound by your arbitration agreement? Recent ruling says “yes.”

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In a recent win for employers, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit highlighted how companies can use “incorporation by reference” to enforce arbitration agreements against workers who did...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Second Circuit Rules Courts Cannot Compel Employers to Pay Arbitration Fees Under the FAA

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An employer that withholds disputed arbitration fees in a pending arbitration has not “refused” to arbitrate within the meaning of the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA); therefore, a court has no authority to compel the employer...more

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CA Supreme Court: Federal Arbitration Act Does Not Preempt State Law on Timely Arbitration Fee Payment

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The California Supreme Court recently held in Hohenshelt v. Superior Court that the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) does not preempt a California law that penalizes businesses that have consumer and employee arbitration...more

Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP

Another Day, Another Dispute Between Appellate Courts Over Employment Arbitrations

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The case of Parra Rodriguez v. Packers Sanitation Services LTD., LLC typifies the reason employers and employment counsel must stay on top of arbitration case developments....more

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