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Clark Hill PLC

10 Compelling Reasons for Employment Arbitration: Tackling Litigation Imbalance

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This third installment of the 10 Compelling Reasons for Employment Arbitration explores the impact of an arbitration agreement on a plaintiff’s litigation strategy. As discussed herein, arbitration programs can tamp down a...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

PAGA Paraphrased – Williams v. Alacrity Solutions Group, Inc.

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PAGA claims brought under pre-reform PAGA must be brought within one year of a Labor Code violation experienced by the plaintiff and because a PAGA claim necessarily has both an individual and a non-individual component,...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

The U.S. Supreme Court Decides that Federal Courts Should Stay, Rather than Dismiss, Cases that Are Subject to Arbitration, If One...

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In May 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court decided an issue that has divided the federal courts of appeals. When the claims at issue in a federal court suit are subject to arbitration, does the court have authority to dismiss the...more

CDF Labor Law LLP

PAGA Update: Key Lessons for Defending and Settling PAGA Cases

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Two recent Private Attorney General Act (PAGA) cases underscore the importance of effectively using procedural motions in defending such cases. 1.  Rodriguez v. Packers Sanitation Services LTD., LLC...more

CDF Labor Law LLP

Ninth Circuit Requires Federal Courts in California to Follow Adolph v. Uber

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On February 12, 2024, in Johnson v. Lowe’s Home Centers, LLC, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that an employee’s non-arbitrable, representative PAGA claims are not subject to dismissal when the plaintiff is ordered to...more

Carlton Fields

SDNY Compels Arbitration Based on Severability Doctrine, Finds Fee-Shifting Clause Not Unconscionable

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The Southern District of New York granted a motion to compel arbitration of an employment dispute between the petitioners and the respondent. The petitioners also filed a motion to dismiss or stay a concurrent proceeding that...more

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Ninth Circuit Finds No Foreign Arbitration Award to Uphold

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Foreign arbitration awards must generally be upheld in the United States under treaty obligations. Upholding a foreign award requires that there actually be an arbitration award, however. For that matter, it requires an...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Southwest Airlines Biometric Information Case Dismissed—Sent to Arbitration

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We have been following litigation surrounding the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), and noting that many employers have been sued for using fingerprints for employees to clock into their jobs....more

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