An employee alleges sexual harassment so severe that it forces her to quit her job. Her employer pushes for arbitration. A federal district judge determines that he has little choice but to side with the company.

This is the landscape painted by the U.S. Supreme Court's split decision in Epic Systems v. Lewis, and a burgeoning collection of court decisions favoring arbitration agreements. Labor and employment reporter Erin Mulvaney and data editor Ben Hancock, in collaboration with San Francisco-based legal research company Casetext, analyze the data on 93 decisions from U.S. courts of appeal and federal district courts that cited Epic between the time it was decided in May 2018 and the end of that year. Check out their story for more.

Next, in our second feature, C. Ryan Barber explains what's at stake in a grand jury row connected to special counsel Robert Mueller III's Russia investigation. A mystery foreign-owned company battling a grand jury subpoena tied to the investigation is aiming to convince the U.S. Supreme Court that a decision subjecting it to the U.S. criminal process would create a "foreign policy nightmare" and invite reciprocal treatment from other countries.

Next, in 1 on 1: Conversations with Newsmakers, Erin Mulvaney chats with Chai Feldblum, a former member of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, about her tenure and how the #MeToo movement impacted how the EEOC handled harassment guidelines.

And in Commentary, Joshua Lipshutz and Michael Holecek of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher write about why the criminal defense bar wants access to your emails.

Lastly, take a gander at the latest legal moves from around the globe in Movers, compiled by Pearl Wu.

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