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Category: Arbitration

Julie M. Pagano

Through the Lenses of the Missouri Supreme Court: Dollar Tree Cannot Legally Bind Its Legally Blind Associate to Arbitration Agreement

Arbitration Discrimination Supreme Court Ruling Workplace

In its 4-3 ruling issued January 14, 2020 (Theroff v. Dollar Tree Stores, Inc., No. SC 97235, 2020 WL 203121 (Mo. 2020), reh'g denied (Jan. 30, 2020)), the Missouri Supreme Court affirmed the denial of...

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Missouri Supreme Court Invalidates Arbitration Agreement and Casts Doubt on Whether Continued Employment Constitutes Sufficient Consideration in Non-Compete Agreements

Missouri Supreme Court Invalidates Arbitration Agreement and Casts Doubt on Whether Continued Employment Constitutes Sufficient Consideration in Non-Compete Agreements

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Missouri Law Uncategorized Workplace

Late last month, the Missouri Supreme Court ruled in Baker v. Bristol Care that continued employment was insufficient consideration for enforcing an arbitration agreement.  The decision casts doubt on some arbitration agreements many employers have...

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Karzon v. AT&T, Inc. – Electronic Review of an Arbitration Agreement Can Mean Missouri Human Rights Act Claims Must Be Arbitrated

Karzon v. AT&T, Inc. – Electronic Review of an Arbitration Agreement Can Mean Missouri Human Rights Act Claims Must Be Arbitrated

Arbitration

On January 7, 2014, Judge Carol Jackson granted AT&T's motion to compel arbitration based on its argument that the employee failed to opt out of its Management Arbitration Agreement linked to an email sent out...

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Ignoring Federal Appellate Courts, the NLRB Still Rules that Arbitration Agreements that Ban Class-Wide Actions Are Illegal

Ignoring Federal Appellate Courts, the NLRB Still Rules that Arbitration Agreements that Ban Class-Wide Actions Are Illegal

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Since August 14, 2013, NLRB administrative law judges have issued findings that three employers violated the National Labor Relations Act by requiring employees to execute an arbitration agreement that contained a ban on a collective...

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