Arbitration and Dispute Resolution

States Begin To Enact NDA/Arbitration Restrictions in Response to #MeToo Movement

A number of states have recently considered legislation restricting the right of employers to use Nondisclosure Agreements (NDAs) and/or mandatory

By |2018-05-04T14:02:49-05:005/4/2018|Categories: Arbitration and Dispute Resolution, Discrimination and Harassment, State Standards|Tags: , , |Comments Off on States Begin To Enact NDA/Arbitration Restrictions in Response to #MeToo Movement

Once Again Invoking Congressional Review Act, Congress Repeals Controversial Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Anti-Arbitration Rule

The U.S. Congress has once again utilized the expedited procedures provided in the once obscure Congressional Review Act (CRA) to

By |2017-11-10T14:48:59-05:0011/10/2017|Categories: Arbitration and Dispute Resolution|Tags: , , |Comments Off on Once Again Invoking Congressional Review Act, Congress Repeals Controversial Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Anti-Arbitration Rule

NT Lakis Attorneys File Brief With Supreme Court, Urging Reversal of NLRB’s Questionable Anti-Arbitration Rule

NT Lakis attorneys filed a friend-of-the-court brief with the Supreme Court in an important case testing the claimed legal authority

By |2017-07-07T15:17:56-05:007/7/2017|Categories: Arbitration and Dispute Resolution, Labor Relations|Tags: , , , , , , , |Comments Off on NT Lakis Attorneys File Brief With Supreme Court, Urging Reversal of NLRB’s Questionable Anti-Arbitration Rule

NT Lakis Brief Urges Supreme Court To Overturn California’s Anti-Arbitration “Iskanian Rule”

NT Lakis lawyers have filed a “friend-of-the-court” brief with the Supreme Court in a case involving important issues of federal

By |2017-04-30T17:34:53-05:004/30/2017|Categories: Arbitration and Dispute Resolution|Tags: , , , , , , |Comments Off on NT Lakis Brief Urges Supreme Court To Overturn California’s Anti-Arbitration “Iskanian Rule”

Supreme Court Back to Full Complement of Nine Justices as New Justice Neil Gorsuch Assumes Seat

Shortly before departing for its customary Easter recess, the Senate confirmed Tenth Circuit Court Judge Neil Gorsuch to serve as

By |2017-04-23T11:26:28-05:004/23/2017|Categories: Arbitration and Dispute Resolution, Discrimination and Harassment, Labor Relations|Tags: |Comments Off on Supreme Court Back to Full Complement of Nine Justices as New Justice Neil Gorsuch Assumes Seat

Eighth Circuit Rules That the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act Does Not Preclude Arbitration of Age Discrimination Claims

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit has ruled that the federal Older Workers Benefit Protection Act (OWBPA),

By |2017-04-23T11:23:01-05:004/23/2017|Categories: Arbitration and Dispute Resolution, Discrimination and Harassment|Tags: , , , |Comments Off on Eighth Circuit Rules That the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act Does Not Preclude Arbitration of Age Discrimination Claims

NT Lakis Lawyers File Brief in Epic Systems v. Lewis Urging Supreme Court To Rule That Arbitration Class Waivers Do Not Violate the NLRA

NT Lakis lawyers have filed a “friend-of-the-court” brief with the Supreme Court urging the Justices to review and reverse a

By |2016-10-24T11:48:20-05:0010/14/2016|Categories: Arbitration and Dispute Resolution, Labor Relations|Tags: , , , , , |Comments Off on NT Lakis Lawyers File Brief in Epic Systems v. Lewis Urging Supreme Court To Rule That Arbitration Class Waivers Do Not Violate the NLRA

Ninth Circuit Rules That Mandatory Arbitration Class Waivers Violate Federal Labor Law, Widening Split Among Federal Circuits

Widening a growing split among the federal appeals courts regarding the legality of a class action waiver contained in an

By |2016-09-23T15:11:33-05:009/23/2016|Categories: Agency Enforcement, Arbitration and Dispute Resolution, Labor Relations, Policies and Practices|Tags: , , , , , , |Comments Off on Ninth Circuit Rules That Mandatory Arbitration Class Waivers Violate Federal Labor Law, Widening Split Among Federal Circuits