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The future of employment arbitration in the class action context remains uncertain as controversial cases advance on appeal

  • Seyfarth Shaw LLP
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  • USA
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  • June 25 2012

Many thought that the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decisions in AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion, 131 S.Ct. 1740 (2011), and CompuCredit Corp. v. Greenwood, 132 S.Ct. 665 (2012), had firmly established that private arbitration agreements with class action waivers were enforceable under the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”

District Court dismisses class action in favor of bilateral arbitration in favorable ruling for employers

  • Seyfarth Shaw LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • April 23 2012

On April 18, 2012, U.S. District Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV issued a decision in Karp v. Cigna Healthcare Inc., No. 11-CV-10361 (D. Mass. Apr. 18, 2012), granting a defense motion to compel bilateral arbitration of the Plaintiff’s claims in a proposed $100 million gender discrimination class action against Cigna

Second Circuit holds that employers can use arbitration agreements to avoid pattern or practice class actions

  • Seyfarth Shaw LLP
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  • USA
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  • March 22 2013

On March 21, 2013, the Second Circuit issued its long-awaited decision in Parisi v. Goldman, Sachs & Co., No. 11-5229 (2d Cir. Mar. 21, 2013). In a