Arbitration
Arbitration Clauses: Valid or Invalid?
The answer is “Valid,” thanks to the efforts of Capehart Scatchard shareholder Laura D. Ruccolo, Esq. who won a landmark decision on June 5, 2019, which will impact business entities in New Jersey for many years to come. Who Decides Whether an Arbitration Clause in a Commercial Contract is Valid? “The arbitrator,” said the […]
Beware of Carelessly Drafted Employee Arbitration Agreements
Many employers today utilize employee arbitration agreements as a means of eliminating potential court litigation. In place of pursuing legal claims in a judicial forum, the arbitration agreement substitutes a private resolution mechanism, such as utilization of an arbitrator, to resolve employee legal grievances. Arbitration agreements are an effective way of keeping employee disputes outside […]
Can You Enforce Your Arbitration Clause?
The odds are that your company has an employee handbook that governs the workplace. You also most likely (hopefully) have a clause in your handbook indicating that the handbook does not create a contract between the employer and employee and the terms of the handbook can be changed at any time without notice to the […]
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