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By: Robert Whitman and John Phillips

If Appraisal Is Governed by the Federal Arbitration Act, What Is the Process? | Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog | Merlin Law GroupSeyfarth Synopsis: Recently, Congress passed significant new legislation amending the Federal Arbitration Act and precluding employers from mandating that employees arbitrate sexual harassment or sexual assault claims.  Importantly for employers, however, this new law does not impact employers’ ability to require arbitration of wage-hour claims, which, for most employers, is benefit of employment arbitration …
Continue Reading Mandatory Arbitration of Wage-Hour Claims Alive and Well After Congress Bans Some Agreements

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On February 24, 2011, in Sonic-Calabasas A, Inc. v. Moreno, the California Supreme Court invalidated an employment arbitration agreement in the context of an administrative wage proceeding.  According to the court, requiring an employee to waive his or her right to a formal administrative hearing before the California Labor Commissioner was both “contrary to…

Continue Reading United States Supreme Court Vacates California Supreme Court Ruling Invalidating Arbitration Agreements In Administrative Wage Proceedings