Nov. 27, 2003

'Luce, Forward' Case Is Green Light, But Not a Blank Check

Focus Column - Employment Law - By Richard S. Rosenberg and John J. Manier - Until recently, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals stood alone among federal appellate courts in holding that pre-dispute agreements to arbitrate job bias claims are unenforceable under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. Section 2000e et seq., as amended by the 1991 Civil Rights Act. See Duffield v. Robertson Stephens & Co., 144 F.3d 1182 (9th Cir. 1998).