Does a generally worded arbitration or mediation clause in your employment contracts cover whistleblower retaliation claims? Not according to the outcome of a recent case, explains Calfee Halter & Griswold partner, Virginia Davidson.
On Lexology, she discusses a U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit decision in which the court ruled that BAE Systems Technology Solutions & Services, Inc.’s contracts didn’t hold enough water.
She says the case involved a retired Army major and an illustrator...
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Comcast Corp. v. Behrend [PDF] left many questions as to how courts should determine whether to certify a class under the predominance standard set forth in Rule 23(b)(3) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit weighed in on the issue inGlazer v. Whirlpool Corp. [PDF] when it determined that unless a class action is certified as to both liability and damages, Comcast will have limited applicability. This...
