Employers supplementing their workforce with temporary workers may be out of luck if they wish to rely on arbitration agreements between the temporary helper and the staffing provider. The California Court of Appeal, Fourth...more
The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit affirmed in part a district court’s grant of a stay pending arbitration, finding that as non-parties to the underlying arbitration agreement, defendants could not stay the...more
Betancourt v. OS Rest. Servs., LLC, No. B293625, 2020 WL 2570839 (Cal. Ct. App. Apr. 30, 2020) - Summary: A plaintiff is not entitled to recover penalties for waiting time and wage statement violations based on claims of...more
The Supreme Court of South Carolina recently determined that non-signatory insureds could not be compelled to arbitrate their claims under an arbitration clause in an agency agreement where the insureds did not obtain a...more
Bass, Berry & Sims attorney Chris Lazarini commented on a case in which the plaintiff sued UBS for mismanagement of his deceased mother's estate. The plaintiff challenged the validity of the arbitration agreement arguing that...more