On March 9, 2021, the US House of Representatives passed the proposed Protecting the Right to Organize Act (PRO Act) and sent it on to the US Senate for consideration. The PRO Act contains important provisions that could limit employment arbitration and also take a step further by making it an unfair labor practice for any employer to prevent employees from pursuing any class or collective action claims related to their employment, through the use of binding arbitration agreements which exclude the jurisdiction of the courts to hear such claims.
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In this episode of the Arbitration Conversation, Amy interviews Prof. Brian Farkas of Cardozo School of Law and attorney at Arent Fox LLP focusing on complex commercial litigation. The discussion...
By Brian Farkas, Amy SchmitzThis article first appeared on the Securities Arbitration Alert Blog, here. The Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) has released a Report concluding that the presence of predispute arbitration agreements (“PDAA”) has...
By George FriedmanIn this round of Arbitration Tips-N-Tools, Professor Amy Schmitz asks some of the leading arbitration practitioners about the indicators would-be arbitrators should have in mind when deciding whether to decline...
By Imre Szalai, Steven Shapiro, Erin Archerd, Amy Schmitz
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