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Effective July 11, 2018, employers are not permitted to
institute mandatory arbitration agreements related to sexual
harassment claims. This means that if an employer currently has a
mandatory arbitration clause built into its standard employment
agreements, separation agreements or settlement agreements, those
documents will need to be edited to carve out an exception for any
claims related to sexual harassment. It is unclear how or whether
the Federal Arbitration Act will pre-empt this prohibition, but it
is possible we will see litigation related to pre-emption in the
coming months.
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Prohibition On Mandatory Arbitration Of Sexual Harassment Claims Begin July 11
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Recognized as one of the top firms for client service, BakerHostetler is a leading national law firm that helps clients around the world address their most complex and critical business and regulatory issues. With five core national practice groups — Business, Labor and Employment, Intellectual Property, Litigation, and Tax — the firm has more than 970 lawyers located in 14 offices coast to coast. BakerHostetler is widely regarded as having one of the country’s top 10 tax practices, a nationally recognized litigation practice, an award-winning data privacy practice and an industry-leading business practice. The firm is also recognized internationally for its groundbreaking work recovering more than $13 billion in the Madoff Recovery Initiative, representing the SIPA Trustee for the liquidation of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC. Visit bakerlaw.com
