Litigation & Arbitration
Jun. 17, 2022
The mandatory arbitration wall is starting to crack
Mandatory arbitration clauses have become a fixture of employment agreements, buried in the numerous forms that need to be signed to obtain a job but that no one actually reads.
V. James DeSimone
V. James DeSimone Law
13160 Mindinao Way Suite 280
Marina del Rey , CA 90292
Phone: (310) 693-5561
Email: vjdesimone@gmail.com
UCLA SOL; Los Angeles CA
When President Biden signed into law the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act of 2021 on March 3, it was an important and historic act, but it was just a first step. The new law bars employers from mandating arbitration of workplace sex-based claims but it does nothing to extend protections to victims of other forms of illegal workplace harassment and discrimination.
The Seventh Amendment guarantees the rig...
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