Ninth Circuit to Examine the Reach of Mandatory Employment Arbitration Agreements | Haug Partners LLP
To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: On March 2, 2021, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit will hear oral argument in a case that could test the boundaries of mandatory arbitration, and determine whether employees can be tethered to arbitration agreements for years after leaving a company. The potentially precedent-setting decision stems from a single defamation suit brought by former Tesla, Inc. employee Cristina Balan after the tech giant accused her of criminal behavior on the online news source, The Huffington Post. 1 While Tesla’s legal team...
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