The First Appellate District had a second occasion to rule upon class certification issues in the case of Duran v. U.S. Bank (“Duran II”), and again ruled that class treatment was improper because Plaintiffs failed to demonstrate that common issues predominated or that the case would...
As we have discussed on this blog in recent months, the United States Supreme Court will be deciding an important issue affecting the enforceability of arbitration agreements between employers and employees, namely whether a provision in such an agreement that prohibits class claims is an unenforceable violation...
Last week, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals issued its decision in NLRB v. Alternative Entertainment, Inc. holding that a mandatory employment arbitration agreement prohibiting class or collective claims violates the NLRA. With this holding, the Sixth Circuit is now aligned with the Ninth and Seventh Circuits,...
The validity of mandatory arbitration agreements continues to be a major focus of litigation and legislation. As employers know, the U.S. Supreme Court currently is reviewing the issue of whether class action waivers violate the NLRA in the consolidated matters Morris v. Ernst & Young, Lewis...
On Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court granted review in three cases presenting the issue of whether class action waiver provisions in employment arbitration agreements violate the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”). This debate started a few years ago when the NLRB began issuing decisions holding that...
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