By Patrick J. Bannon, Daniel C. Whang, Kelly J. Koelker, and Michael E. Steinberg

Seyfarth Synopsis: About the Program – A lot has happened in the 10 years since our national Wage and Hour Litigation Practice Group wrote ALM’s authoritative Wage & Hour Collective and Class Litigation treatise.  We are excited to launch our informative webinar

Continue Reading Upcoming Webinar: Time Well Spent Session 4: Arbitration of Wage-Hour Claims

By Romtin Parvaresh and Daniel C. Whang

Seyfarth Synopsis: The Ninth Circuit recently extended the scope of which transportation workers are exempt from arbitration under the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”). In Carmona Mendoza v. Domino’s Pizza, LLC,  – F.4th –, 2023 WL 4673469 (9th Cir. 2023), the  Court held that last-leg drivers who transport goods within a state are nevertheless

Continue Reading The Long And Winding Road: Ninth Circuit Exempts Last-Leg Drivers From Arbitration Under The Federal Arbitration Act

By Linda C. Schoonmaker and Tayte Doddy (Summer Fellow)

Seyfarth Synopsis: Even before the pandemic made in-person work in many industries a thing of the past many employers had stopped requiring that their employees execute employee agreements like non-competition and arbitration agreements with a  “wet signature”. Instead, those kind of agreements frequently are acknowledged by the employee electronically. Although the
Continue Reading Seriously? The Second Circuit Makes Life More Difficult For Employers Who Use Electronic Signatures For Agreements With Their Employees

By Patrick J. Bannon, Anthony S. Califano, Molly C. Mooney, and John Ayers-Mann

Seyfarth Synopsis: This series (Is Arbitration the Answer? and Can Arbitration Agreements Protect Employers Against Class Actions?) examines whether an employee arbitration program can help minimize legal risks from COVID-19 and beyond.

In this article, we consider a factor employers sometimes
Continue Reading Are Arbitration Agreements Fair and Consistent With Company Culture? A Series on Arbitration Agreements

By Nick C. Geannacopulos, Timothy M. Hoppe, and Mark Casciari

Seyfarth Synopsis: The trend-lines describe employment-related litigation in the past 25 years: (1) the emergence of arbitration as a flexible and increasingly legally viable to resolve employment claims; and (2) the dangerous politicization of the judicial selection process in federal and state government. These trends should make
Continue Reading Arbitration And The Increasingly Political Judiciary—Should Employers (And Employees) See Arbitration As The More Neutral Forum?