Joseph L Gordon

Joseph L Gordon

April 29, 2019 | The Legal Intelligencer

Exit Interviews—Do the Benefits Outweigh the Risks?

Companies who approach exit interviews with an “auto-pilot” mentality may expose themselves to increased employment liability if they do not think strategically about how and why they conduct such interviews.

By Joseph L. Gordon and Marc S. Raspanti

8 minute read

September 28, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

Employers Feel Heat Following Summer's Arbitration Agreement Cases

After the U.S. Supreme Court ­decided AT&T v. Concepcion, 131 S. Ct. 1740 (2011), the seminal case establishing the supremacy of the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) over ­conflicting state laws, businesses have generally prevailed in cases challenging the enforcement of arbitration agreements. That trend, however, may be shifting slightly in the employment law arena with two federal circuit courts having held this summer that arbitration agreements barring employees from pursuing certain types of class claims are unlawful.

By Joseph L. Gordon

13 minute read