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Across the country, companies increasingly require employees to sign agreements containing class action waivers, blocking workers from joining collective lawsuits even when multiple individuals suffer similar workplace misconduct. These waivers have triggered years of class action waivers Supreme Court litigation, driven by sharp judicial disagreement, growing corporate risk exposure, and fundamental questions about employee legal…

A Federal Court in North Carolina has conditionally certified a nationwide class action lawsuit challenging Uber’s classification of approximately 18,000 drivers as independent contractors under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The case proceeds on behalf of drivers who opted out of the company’s mandatory arbitration clause, marking one of the largest coordinated arbitration opt-out…

Gretchen Carlson: How Arbitration Clauses Allow Sexual Harassment to Continue Workplace arbitration clauses have become one of the most debated areas in modern employment law. Media figure and workplace rights advocate Gretchen Carlson recently shared a firsthand account about arbitration clauses and sexual harassment, offering rare visibility into how these agreements can affect reporting options,…

The 2014-15 football season delivered one of sports’ most debated controversies. Tom Brady and the New England Patriots were accused of deliberately deflating footballs a scandal widely labeled “Deflategate.” NFL Arbitration and Suspension Federal Court Overturn Key Legal Takeaways for Workplace Arbitration Although this controversy is rooted in professional sports, the legal implications reach far…

Big companies often avoid class action liability by forcing arbitration and blocking grouped claims. Recently, the US Supreme Court limited class action relief in job and consumer cases. Many workers lost access to fair recovery because companies spread harm in small, low-value claims. So, firms avoided payouts for widespread issues. Massachusetts Sets a Strong Limit…

The First Circuit Court of Appeals recently held, in Campbell v. General Dynamics Government Systems Corp., that an employer’s use of email was insufficient to notify employees regarding a mandatory arbitration policy. As a result, the court dismissed the company’s attempt to force employees to arbitrate a grievance under the Americans with Disabilities Act, rather…