April 22, 2025
A Sixth Circuit panel's recent disagreement on the breadth of a federal law curbing employers' use of mandatory arbitration provisions for workers' sexual harassment and assault claims stems from unusual language in the statute that has and will continue to spawn confusion, experts said.
April 18, 2025
A split Sixth Circuit panel clarified on Friday that a new federal law banning the mandatory arbitration of sexual-harassment claims may apply to alleged misconduct that occurred before the law was enacted, while a dissenting judge slammed the majority's opinion as a "formula for disaster."