November 2019 – Rivkin Law Group

Mandatory Employment Arbitration Agreements Under Attack

For many years U.S. employers routinely included mandatory arbitration and confidentiality clauses in employment agreements, secure in the knowledge that these would be enforced by the courts. This presumption of enforceability no longer applies. With the advent of the #MeToo movement a number of ...

Posted By: Oleg Rivkin
Posted In: Arbitration , Law Articles , Litigation
Date: November 7, 2019
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Court of Appeals Allows U.S. Discovery in Aid of Private Foreign Arbitration

The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals (which covers the states of Michigan, Ohio, Tennessee and Kentucky) has recently held that parties engaged in a private international arbitration sited outside of the U.S. may obtain discovery in the U.S. in aid of that arbitration pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1782. Un...

Month: November 2019

Mandatory Employment Arbitration Agreements Under Attack

Court of Appeals Allows U.S. Discovery in Aid of Private Foreign Arbitration