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Ninth Circuit Ruling Opens Door to Use of Arbitration Clauses to Avoid ERISA Class Actions
Sidley Austin LLP 
Aug. 23, 2019 "[P]lan sponsors may want to consider adopting arbitration clauses combined with class action waivers.... But arbitration clauses that forbid class actions are not a panacea ... In recent years, the plaintiffs’ bar has brought large numbers of individual arbitrations against ... companies that have arbitration clauses in their contracts, creating challenges for defendants that in some ways can be more onerous than class actions." [Dorman v. The Charles Schwab Corp., No. 18-15281 (9th Cir. Aug. 20, 2019; also unpub. memo. opinion)] MORE >> |
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