The 9th Circuit has reversed a District Court, and held that the employer hadn’t validly obtained the employee’s consent to arbitration of statutory claims (here, ADA, FMLA, and Oregon state law claims).
The panel held:
Approximately five months after Lindgren was hired, he signed a single page form which provided: “THIS AGREEMENT IS A WAIVER OF ALL RIGHTS TO […]
The 9th Circuit panel that sat in Anchorage in August has affirmed District Judge John Sedwick’s dismissal of John Mun’s FLSA and Title VII claims against the University of Alaska. The unpublished opinion goes into significant detail only as to the FLSA matter, and there only as to the University’s sovereign immunity defense.
The panel wrote:
sovereign immunity […]
Jerome Juday, at Atkinson Conway’s Alaska Law Blog, discusses defamation, using a slur (I’m pretty sure it’s a slur, if not defamation) on swimmer Michael Phelps as a take-off point.
Peggy Roston reviews “Qualified Retirement Plans: The Basics” at her Alaska Divorce Blog.
