Cole v. Burns is an important case that was decided by the District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals in 1997. In the decision, the court determined that in the event of arbitration, an employer cannot force an employee or former employee to bear the costs of the arbitrator’s fees. Clinton Cole was working as …
In Boykin v. Family Dollar, if a party puts the agreeement to arbitrate “at issue,” the Court must decide whether it is enforeable before compeling the parties to arbitration. Details of Boykin v. Family Dollar Timothy Boykin was working late at a Family Dollar store in the Detroit area in 2018. He was a manager at …
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Arbitration is a standard legal tool that businesses and entities use to settle disputes between parties outside of the courtroom. In the case Rent-A-Center West v. Jackson, the U.S. Supreme Court held that a court can only decide the enforceability of an arbitration provision if one party objects to that provision specifically. But if a party objects …
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