Tag: NLRB

An Agreement to Arbitrate Employment Claims Must Also Allow for Access to Full Remedies Before the NLRB

Tony LathropArbitration, Employment Litigation, Litigation

In a separate post, we discussed several cases decided by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in which the Board invalidated agreements requiring employees to arbitrate employment-related claims due to vague language that did not make it clear that employees…

Watch Your Language: An Agreement to Arbitrate Employment Claims Must Allow for NLRA Claims Before the NLRB

Tony LathropArbitration, Employment Litigation, Litigation

The U.S. Supreme Court settled the long-standing dispute regarding the viability of class arbitration waivers in employment contracts with its determination in Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis, 584 U. S. ____ (2018) that they indeed are enforceable, contrary to the…

A Split U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Class Waivers in Individual Employment Agreements, Highlighting the Role of Congress in the Class Waiver Fight

Tony LathropArbitration, Class Action Waivers, Class Actions, Class Arbitration, Employment Litigation, Litigation, U.S. Supreme Court

The viability of class waivers in employment agreements has been a closely watched battle in the courts since the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruled in D. R. Horton, Inc. and Michael Cuda, Case 12–CA–25764, 357 NLRB No. 184 (2012) that class…

The Next Big Thing: Will Employment Agreement Class Action Waivers Clear the U.S. Supreme Court?

Tony LathropArbitration, CFPB, Class Action Waivers, Class Actions, Class Arbitration, Employment Litigation, Litigation, U.S. Supreme Court

This year important questions regarding the viability of class action waivers in arbitration agreements have moved close to resolution. In July, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a long-awaited final rule that prohibited class waivers in arbitration agreements related…