The plaintiff, ITT Engineered Valves LLC, sought to vacate an arbitration award finding it had improperly terminated its employee, Douglas Wood, and ordering that Wood be reinstated. While recognizing the general presumption...more
Audra Patterson filed a putative class action against her former employer, American Income Life Insurance Company (AILIC), for alleged wage violations. AILIC moved to compel arbitration of her individual claims pursuant to an...more
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
11/18/2019
/ Arbitration ,
Arbitration Agreements ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Contract ,
Employment Litigation ,
Fee-Shifting ,
Lack of Jurisdiction ,
Limitation of Liability Clause ,
Motion to Compel ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Motion To Stay ,
Severability Doctrine ,
Unconscionable Contracts
The plaintiff sued his former employer for discrimination, retaliation, hostile work environment, and violations of the Missouri Human Rights Act. The defendant moved to compel arbitration based on the parties’ Mutual...more
7/10/2019
/ Arbitration ,
Arbitration Agreements ,
Contract Terms ,
Delegation Clauses ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Contract ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Employment Litigation ,
Hostile Environment ,
Motion to Compel ,
Retaliation
Petitioners, two Rent-A-Center entities, moved to compel arbitration of a lawsuit by Anita Ellis alleging that Rent-A-Center unlawfully terminated her employment for seeking workers’ compensation benefits....more
6/18/2019
/ Adverse Employment Action ,
Arbitration ,
Contract Terms ,
Delegation Clauses ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Contract ,
Employment Litigation ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Motion to Compel ,
Retaliation ,
Reversal ,
Unconscionable Contracts ,
Workers' Compensation Claim ,
Wrongful Termination ,
WV Supreme Court
The plaintiff filed a putative class action for alleged violations of California employment law, and the defendant moved to compel arbitration....more
3/27/2019
/ Arbitration ,
Employment Litigation ,
Federal Arbitration Act ,
Final Judgment ,
Interlocutory Appeals ,
Labor Law Violations ,
Lack of Jurisdiction ,
Motion to Compel ,
Putative Class Actions ,
State and Local Government ,
State Labor Laws ,
Stays
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit recently ruled that two employment-related arbitration clauses did not “clearly and unmistakably” govern a former employee’s discrimination claims, and that the arbitrability...more