Labor Law Violations, Federal Arbitration Act, Employment Contract

Federal District Court Says Class and Collective Action Waiver Survives Unenforceable Arbitration Agreement

Vedder Price on 2/25/2025

On February 12, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon issued an important decision in Porteous v. Flowers Foods, Inc. regarding the enforceability of class and collective action waivers contained in...more

New Jersey Judge Interprets EFAA As Requiring Employment Claims to Be Split Into Two Forums

FordHarrison on 10/24/2024

Real World Impact: A recent New Jersey Superior Court decision interpreting the federal Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act (EFAA) may require New Jersey employers to defend an employee’s...more

Sixth Circuit Holds Validity of Employee’s Electronic Signature Creates Issue of Fact, Reverses Order Compelling Arbitration

Carlton Fields on 8/16/2023

In Bazemore v. Papa John’s U.S.A. Inc., the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals considered the plaintiff’s appeal of an order granting the defendant’s motion to compel arbitration and to dismiss the plaintiff’s complaint brought...more

Ninth Circuit Rules Domino’s Truck Drivers Exempt from FAA

Epstein Becker & Green on 8/4/2023

On July 21, 2023, a unanimous three-judge panel once again affirmed a California federal court’s ruling that the truck drivers who deliver ingredients from Domino’s Southern California Supply Chain Center to Domino’s...more

Federal Court Applies FAA Preemption in Refusing to Enforce New Jersey’s Ban on Mandatory Arbitration of Discrimination,...

Littler on 4/2/2021

As employers and employees alike continue to monitor and watch the landscape of alternative dispute resolution as a viable option (or not) in New Jersey, an important federal court decision was recently handed down. ...more

Labor Law Violations › Federal Arbitration Act › Employment Contract

Federal District Court Says Class and Collective Action Waiver Survives Unenforceable Arbitration Agreement

New Jersey Judge Interprets EFAA As Requiring Employment Claims to Be Split Into Two Forums

Sixth Circuit Holds Validity of Employee’s Electronic Signature Creates Issue of Fact, Reverses Order Compelling Arbitration

Ninth Circuit Rules Domino’s Truck Drivers Exempt from FAA

Federal Court Applies FAA Preemption in Refusing to Enforce New Jersey’s Ban on Mandatory Arbitration of Discrimination,...

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