The Ford government will resume binding arbitration hearings with the association representing the province’s physicians, according to a memo the group’s head sent to members Friday afternoon.
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Google ‘Arbitration Optional’ Harassment Plan Limits Groups
Organizers of last week’s walkout say ending mandatory arbitration for individual harassment claims still thwarts collective action, among other concerns. https://media.wired.com/photos/5be4920aec3a5f54b04d33c7/master/pass/Sundar-Google-Policy-1056109494.jpg
Court rules Uber can force drivers into arbitration over pay, benefits
Uber drivers hoping to be treated as employees may have to go it alone. A federal appeals court in San Francisco has overturned a ruling that would have allowed drivers to pursue their case as a class action lawsuit instead of going through individual arbitration (which, historically, favors companies over complainants). Judge Richard Clifton cited […]
Trump’s lawyers trying to make Stormy Daniels’ case go to arbitration, miss her day in court
Ethan Miller/Getty President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer asked a federal judge on Monday to force adult film star Stormy Daniels to use arbitration to settle a dispute over an agreement to keep quiet about an alleged sexual encounter. Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, last month sued Michael Cohen, Trump’s personal attorney, to be […]
AT&T: forced arbitration isn’t “forced” because no one has to buy service
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | ljhimages) AT&T is denying that its contracts include “forced arbitration” clauses, even though customers must agree to the clauses in order to obtain Internet or TV service. “At the outset, no AT&T customer is ever ‘forced’ to agree to arbitration,” AT&T Executive VP Tim McKone wrote in a letter to US […]
Blackberry turns a quarterly profit thanks to Qualcomm’s $940 million arbitration payment (BBRY)
AP (Reuters) – Canada’s BlackBerry Ltd reported a fall in first quarter revenue that missed estimates as it received fewer orders from its enterprise customers, sending the company’s U.S.-listed shares down 6 percent in premarket trading. The company said it got more than 3,000 orders from enterprise customers in the quarter, down from over 3,500 […]
Judge: Uber can’t push Waymo lawsuit into arbitration
An Uber driverless Ford Fusion in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (credit: Getty Images) Uber won’t be allowed to move the trade secrets lawsuit brought by Waymo into arbitration, a federal judge ruled (PDF) late Wednesday. In a separate order (PDF), US District Judge William Alsup referred the case to the US attorney for investigation, “based on the evidentiary record supplied thus […]
