The United States Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal of a North Carolina Supreme Court decision that struck down a mandatory
arbitration provision signed by a patient, who later alleged medical malpractice against his physician.
Not exact matches
Some employers force employees to
sign mandatory
arbitration agreements as a term of employment (or continued employment) and then use those
provisions to force employees» discrimination or sexual harassment cases into
arbitration hearings and away from court trials.
He obtained the first federal maritime decision to clearly hold that, under the Federal
Arbitration Act, to be enforceable, an
arbitration provision in an international commercial agreement must be in a writing
signed by the parties, or evidenced by an exchange of correspondence.
On March 24, 2018, news broke that a prominent law firm was forcing its incoming summer associates to
sign a mandatory
arbitration agreement with a non-disclosure
provision as a condition of employment.