A common provision in standard form employment and consumer arbitration agreements restricts the claimant to bringing an individual action only. The case law governing the enforceability of class action waivers…
Employment law is witnessing a great upsurge in class action filings for wages and hours, for discrimination, and for other claims. Class action waivers can blunt, if not entirely eliminate,…
The authors assert that precluding class actions would undermine the private enforcement of important public policies, including nondiscriminationand consumer protection. If class actions are eliminated, economically unfeasible but socially necessary…
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