Search Results for: Federal Arbitration Act

The US House of Representatives passed a bill Thursday that would prevent companies from enforcing agreements with employees and consumers requiring legal disputes to be settled in private arbitration, rather than in the courts. The bill passed in the House on a 222-209 vote, with all 221 Democrats voting in favor and all but one [...]

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The other day, when I woke up in the morning, I thought that I should go to Kyiv and do my part by remembering George Orwell and the Lincoln Brigade in the Spanish Civil War, and paying homage to Catalonia. My 66 year old body shortly thereafter said that the Ukrainians are not asking for [...]

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President Joe Biden Thursday signed a bill into law prohibiting employers from forcing arbitration agreements upon victims of workplace sexual assault and harassment. Originally introduced in 2017 by Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Lindsey O. Graham(R-SC), the bill passed with bipartisan support last month.  The act amends the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) to render invalid and [...]

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The US Supreme Court Wednesday granted certiorari to three new cases concerning Congress’s war powers, arbitration, and the Locomotive Inspection Act. These cases are Torres v. Department of Safety, Viking River Cruises v. Moriana, and Ledure v. Union Pacific Railroad. The issue in Torres v. Department of Safety is whether the Congressional war powers under the US constitution [...]

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The Supreme Court granted certiorari in Morgan, Robyn v. Sundance, Inc. in an order list released Monday. The case concerns arbitration clause waivers in contract disputes. Robyn Morgan sued Sundance in September 2018 for alleged failure to pay her overtime wages. According to the contract between Morgan and Sundance, Sundance could have compelled arbitration. However, [...]

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The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held Wednesday that workers in California will not be forced into arbitration as a condition of employment. In 2019, California passed Assembly Bill 51 (AB51), to limit workplace arbitration agreements. It prohibits employers from requiring employees to sign arbitration agreements as a condition of employment. Violations [...]

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A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit unanimously upheld Wednesday a lower court’s decision to reject biometric software company Onfido Inc.’s attempt to send facial data privacy claims to arbitration. The plaintiff in the case registered his identity to become a verified user on the application OfferUp, an online [...]

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In the New York Times on May 20, 2021, there was a story about a government program to pay off early loans to black farmers, to compensate for past oppressive lending practices. Bankers were criticizing the program because early payoffs hurt bank profits. Some white farmers sued and won a TRO, the court finding that “Plaintiffs [...]

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In almost the whole world, distrust of political institutions delegitimizes their representation, leaving us without a shelter that protects us in the name of common interest. The rupture in the relationship between the rulers and the ruled makes this conflict even more profound, with devastating consequences that arise from the inability to deal with the [...]

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Well, some say life will beat you down Break your heart, steal your crown So I’ve started out for God-knows-where I guess I’ll know when I get there  – Learning to Fly, Tom Petty, and the Heartbreakers  I was brought back to the numbers in this article by Dr. Katherine Simpson titled “ International Commercial [...]

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