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Labor/Employment

May 5, 2015

Federal judge blasts belated motion to compel arbitration

A hairdressing and cosmetology school litigated for 17 months before seeking arbitration, after students introduced wage and hour claims


By America Hernandez


Daily Journal Staff Writer


In a proposed wage and hour class action involving hairdressing students providing
services without pay as part of their training, a federal judge decried the defense's
attempt to hit the reset button mid-discovery by moving to binding arbitration after
17 months in court.


"We are not convinced that [D...

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