In Duffield v. Robertson Stephens & Company, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that the Civil Rights Act of 1991 prohibited an employer from requiring, as a condition of employment, that prospective or current employees agree in advance to arbitrate Title VII claims arising out of the employment relationship. Relying on the purposes and legislative history of the 1991 Act, the Ninth Circuit became the only circuit to find that the Act barred these mandatory arbitration agreements
In 1964, Congress passed comprehensive legislation aimed at eradicating discrimination in employment...
This casenote addresses the effect of mandatory arbitration provisions in collective bargaining agre...
Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act guarantees freedom from employment discrimination based on ra...
In Duffield v. Robertson Stephens & Company, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circui...
This casenote examines a Ninth Circuit decision that considered the impact of the Civil Rights Act o...
Two recent decisions, one in the Ninth Circuit and one in a Massachusetts District Court, have erron...
While the United States Supreme Court has repeatedly held that claims based on statutory rights may ...
The growing trend toward reliance upon arbitration, rather than judicial adjudication, has resulted ...
Through the Civil Rights Act of 1991, Title VII and the Americans with Disabilities Act, Congress ha...
[Excerpt] In its 1991 Gilmer v. Interstate/Johnson Lane Corp.decision, the Supreme Court held that e...
In enacting Title VII, Congress specifically gave employees who are victims of discrimination based ...
In Goldsmith v. Bagby Elevator Company, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals carved a distinction i...
In response to costly legal battles and proliferating causes of action for alleged employer miscondu...
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 sets forth certain broad prohibitions of discrimination ag...
Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to provide a comprehensive scheme to battle discriminat...
In 1964, Congress passed comprehensive legislation aimed at eradicating discrimination in employment...
This casenote addresses the effect of mandatory arbitration provisions in collective bargaining agre...
Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act guarantees freedom from employment discrimination based on ra...
In Duffield v. Robertson Stephens & Company, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circui...
This casenote examines a Ninth Circuit decision that considered the impact of the Civil Rights Act o...
Two recent decisions, one in the Ninth Circuit and one in a Massachusetts District Court, have erron...
While the United States Supreme Court has repeatedly held that claims based on statutory rights may ...
The growing trend toward reliance upon arbitration, rather than judicial adjudication, has resulted ...
Through the Civil Rights Act of 1991, Title VII and the Americans with Disabilities Act, Congress ha...
[Excerpt] In its 1991 Gilmer v. Interstate/Johnson Lane Corp.decision, the Supreme Court held that e...
In enacting Title VII, Congress specifically gave employees who are victims of discrimination based ...
In Goldsmith v. Bagby Elevator Company, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals carved a distinction i...
In response to costly legal battles and proliferating causes of action for alleged employer miscondu...
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 sets forth certain broad prohibitions of discrimination ag...
Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to provide a comprehensive scheme to battle discriminat...
In 1964, Congress passed comprehensive legislation aimed at eradicating discrimination in employment...
This casenote addresses the effect of mandatory arbitration provisions in collective bargaining agre...
Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act guarantees freedom from employment discrimination based on ra...