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High Court Approval of Class Action Waivers in Landmark Case Seen as Victory for Companies

“It's a significant victory for employers in that those that have arbitration agreements that contain class and collective action waivers are now able to enforce them without any question,” said one of the attorneys who argued for Epic Systems before the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Legaltech News

Ogletree Launches Tool to Automate Arbitration Agreements Following SCOTUS Decision

Employment firm Ogletree Deakins launched an automation tool for revising arbitration agreements to include class-action waivers just one day after a controversial Supreme Court decision confirmed their legal viability.
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The Recorder

Dynamex and the Future of Independent Contractors (and Perhaps Freedom of Contract) in California

The case's impact for established business using an independent contractor model and entrepreneurs contemplating creation of service businesses is significant though, at this point, hard to measure.
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National Law Journal

Plaintiffs Firms Call Texas Federal Judge's Contempt Order 'Profoundly Troubling'

Jenner & Block lawyers are calling "radical and profoundly troubling" a Texas federal judge's contempt order against three plaintiffs firms—Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll, Outten & Golden, and Green Savits—for allegedly violating a nationwide injunction against the Obama-era U.S. Labor Department's overtime rule.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Gorsuch Renounces Ginsburg's 'Apocalyptic' Warnings in Landmark Labor Case

Neil Gorsuch's 25-page majority opinion and Ruth Bader Ginsburg's 30-page dissent offered conflicting views. Ginsburg's dissent also reflected the growing skepticism of the fairness of arbitration among her liberal colleagues on a court that for many years has been strongly pro-arbitration across the board. The clash marked the second time in months the two justices took aim at each other in writing.
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The Recorder

Lawsuits Filed Over USC Gynecologist Accused of Sexual Abuse

In three separate suits filed on Monday, including one class action, plaintiffs alleged that Dr. George Tyndall performed inappropriate procedures and made sexual remarks to patients who were students at the college.
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Connecticut Law Tribune

Defense: Attorney Fee Award in Wage Case Could Mean 'Open Season' for Suits Against Restaurants

Attorneys for Vito's By The Water restaurant said they are leaning toward appealing a Superior Court judge's ruling that states the eatery did not properly pay one of its workers under a law governing wages for employees earning tips.
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The Recorder

In Former Engineer's Harassment Suit, Uber's Decision to Scrap Arbitration Gets Its First Test

The lawsuit comes just a week after the company announced that it would forgo arbitration and nondisclosure agreements in harassment cases.
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Furniture Delivery Workers' Arbitration Agreement Held Unenforceable

A federal judge in Newark has rejected attempts by a discount furniture retailer and its delivery contractor to enforce arbitration agreements whose language was deemed ambiguous.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

Gorsuch Renounces Ginsburg's 'Apocalyptic' Warnings in Landmark Labor Case

Neil Gorsuch's 25-page majority opinion and Ruth Bader Ginsburg's 30-page dissent offered conflicting views. Ginsburg's dissent also reflected the growing skepticism of the fairness of arbitration among her liberal colleagues on a court that for many years has been strongly pro-arbitration across the board. The clash marked the second time in months the two justices took aim at each other in writing.
6 minute read

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