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Eighth Circuit “owes no deference” to NLRB ruling on class arbitration

  • Leonard, Street and Deinard
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  • USA
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  • January 10 2013

One year ago, the NLRB ruled in D.R. Horton, Inc. that it is a violation of federal labor law for employers to require their employees to sign arbitration

Court holds Dodd-Frank ban on arbitration of whistleblower claims is retroactive

  • Leonard, Street and Deinard
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  • USA
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  • March 3 2011

In Pezza v. Investors Capital Corp., (D. Mass. Civ. Ac. No. 10-10113-DPW), the plaintiff claimed he was wrongfully retaliated against, in violation of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, after having raised concerns regarding misconduct by the defendants in connection with securities transactions

Fifth Circuit finds arbitration agreement illusory

  • Leonard, Street and Deinard
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  • USA
  • -
  • February 7 2012

Applying Texas law, the Fifth Circuit recently found that an employer cannot compel arbitration under an agreement that gives the employer the right to unilaterally change the terms of the agreement

Who decides whether statute of limitations in arbitration clause is too short?

  • Leonard, Street and Deinard
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 26 2012

Arbitration agreements may shorten the statute of limitations that would otherwise be available for claims but only to a point

Incorporation of collective bargaining agreement on routine form insufficient to create arbitration agreement

  • Leonard, Street and Deinard
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  • USA
  • -
  • September 17 2012

This is unheard of!

Non-binding arbitration may be a condition precedent, but it does not toll your statute of limitation

  • Leonard, Street and Deinard
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  • USA
  • -
  • May 10 2012

Maryland’s highest court recently affirmed the dismissal of an employer’s non-compete claims as time-barred, even though the employer argued that the parties’ arbitration excused the untimely filing

How low can you go? Shortening the statute of limitations in arbitration agreements

  • Leonard, Street and Deinard
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 10 2012

I see more and more arbitration agreements that contain their own limitations period (the timeline for bringing a dispute in arbitration