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Clark Hill PLC

10 Compelling Reasons for Employment Arbitration: Eliminating Jury Trials

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This sixth installment of our series discusses the elimination of jury trials by way of employment arbitration agreements. In today’s complex legal landscape, employers are increasingly turning to arbitration agreements as a...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Pennsylvania Supreme Court To Decide Enforceability of Online Arbitration Agreements

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As reported in Public Citizen’s Consumer Law & Policy Blog, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court recently agreed to review Chilutti v. Uber Technologies, Inc., in which a divided panel of the Pennsylvania Superior Court (and later...more

Carlton Fields

Eighth Circuit Rejects Claim That Arbitration Clause in Retainer Was Unconscionable

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The Eight Circuit has rejected a plaintiff’s claim that an arbitration clause in a retainer agreement she signed with a law firm after receiving a call from a purported agent of the firm informing her of a purported...more

McAfee & Taft

Appeals court rules contractual jury trial waiver unenforceable

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Earlier this month, the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals issued a decision that threatens the enforceability of contractual provisions waiving the right to a jury trial. In Home Vest Capital, LLC v. Retirement Application...more

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