In enacting Title VII, Congress specifically gave employees who are victims of discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin the opportunity for judicial redress through the federal courts.2 In Alexander v. Gardner-Denver Co.,3 the Supreme Court held that a Title VII suit could be maintained despite a clause in an employment contract providing for the arbitration of all employment disputes. After Alexander, two federal circuit courts followed the Supreme Court\u27s ruling.4 However, a recent trio of Supreme Court decisions favoring contractual agreements for the arbitration of several statutorily-founded claims5 cast doubt upon the continued applicability of Alexander to employment discrimination suits. It is in thi...
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 sets forth certain broad prohibitions of discrimination ag...
In Duffield v. Robertson Stephens & Company, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circui...
Can a privately negotiated arbitration agreement deprive employees of the statutory right to sue in ...
In enacting Title VII, Congress specifically gave employees who are victims of discrimination based ...
Many employees sign arbitration agreements as part of the hiring process. Often, these agreements ar...
Through the Civil Rights Act of 1991, Title VII and the Americans with Disabilities Act, Congress ha...
While the United States Supreme Court has repeatedly held that claims based on statutory rights may ...
This casenote examines a Ninth Circuit decision that considered the impact of the Civil Rights Act o...
The growing trend toward reliance upon arbitration, rather than judicial adjudication, has resulted ...
Supreme Court decisions establish two separate lines of analysis concerning whether arbitration agre...
In Alexander v. Gardner-Denver Co., the Supreme Court held that an employee was entitled to a trial ...
Recent Supreme Court decisions have re-examined the traditional judicial deference paid to the resol...
Published in cooperation with the American Bar Association Section of Dispute Resolutio
Mandatory arbitration agreements subvert an employee\u27s constitutional right to a judicial forum a...
Courts have long viewed mandatory arbitration agreements (MAAs) as contract provisions that employee...
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 sets forth certain broad prohibitions of discrimination ag...
In Duffield v. Robertson Stephens & Company, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circui...
Can a privately negotiated arbitration agreement deprive employees of the statutory right to sue in ...
In enacting Title VII, Congress specifically gave employees who are victims of discrimination based ...
Many employees sign arbitration agreements as part of the hiring process. Often, these agreements ar...
Through the Civil Rights Act of 1991, Title VII and the Americans with Disabilities Act, Congress ha...
While the United States Supreme Court has repeatedly held that claims based on statutory rights may ...
This casenote examines a Ninth Circuit decision that considered the impact of the Civil Rights Act o...
The growing trend toward reliance upon arbitration, rather than judicial adjudication, has resulted ...
Supreme Court decisions establish two separate lines of analysis concerning whether arbitration agre...
In Alexander v. Gardner-Denver Co., the Supreme Court held that an employee was entitled to a trial ...
Recent Supreme Court decisions have re-examined the traditional judicial deference paid to the resol...
Published in cooperation with the American Bar Association Section of Dispute Resolutio
Mandatory arbitration agreements subvert an employee\u27s constitutional right to a judicial forum a...
Courts have long viewed mandatory arbitration agreements (MAAs) as contract provisions that employee...
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 sets forth certain broad prohibitions of discrimination ag...
In Duffield v. Robertson Stephens & Company, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circui...
Can a privately negotiated arbitration agreement deprive employees of the statutory right to sue in ...