Employment Arbitration - 2nd Edition

Price: $125.00 550 pages. 1 Hardcover Volume. Table of Cases. Index. Published June 2006.
ISBN-13: 978-1-929446-66-7 / ISBN-10: 1-929446-66-7

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Book Overview

Dedication

Preface

Acknowledgments

Section I.     An Introduction to the Process and the Issues

Section II.   Arbitration: A Definition

(i)       Its Appeal to the Commercial Community

(ii)      The Reality of Its Operation

(iii)     The Actual Operation

    1.   “Basic Organization”

    2.   “Arbitrators and Disclosure Requirements”

    3.   “Establishing the Scope of the Arbitration”

    4.   “The Basic Hearing”

    5.   “Third-Party Intervention”

    6.   “Awards and Judicial Scrutiny”

    7.   “Arbitral Costs”

    8.   “A Final Evaluation”

(iv)     Arbitration and Lawyers

Section III.  The Law of Arbitration: Basic Concepts

(i)       Party Autonomy

(ii)      Arbitration Agreements

(iii)     Arbitrability

(iv)     The Separability and Kompetenz-Kompetenz

(v)      Amiable Composition

(vi)     Duty to Arbitrate in Good Faith

(vii)    Consolidation and Class Action in Arbitration

(viii)    Selecting Arbitrators

(ix)     Adjudicatory Powers of the Arbitrators

(x)      Review and Enforcement of Awards

(xi)     The Contribution of Practice: Fast-Track Arbitration

(xii)    The “Modern” Arbitration Statute

Section IV. A Critical Political Assessment

(i)       The Civil Rights Procedures Protection Act

(ii)      EEOC Notice

(iii)     U.S. Labor Department Position

Section V. The Fountainhead Cases

(i)       The Ruling in Gardner-Denver

(ii)      The Ruling in Gilmer

Section VI. The Employment Contract Exclusion (FAA §1)

(i)       Circuit City Stores, Inc. v. Adams

(ii)      The Aftermath of Adams

(iii)     The Law Before Adams

Section VII. Fairness in the Employment Arbitration Contract

(i)       The Ruling in Armendariz

(ii)      Other Rulings

Section VIII. The Allocation of Costs in Employment Arbitration Agreements

(i)       The Ruling in Green Tree and Other Cases

(ii)      The Green Tree Progeny

Section IX. The Defense of Unconscionability

(i)       Tarulli v. Circuit City Stores, Inc.

(ii)      Martinez v. Master Protection Corp

(iii)     Fitz v. NCR Corp

(iv)     Washington Mutual Fin. Grp., LLC v. Curry

(v)      Hightower v. GMRI, Inc.

Section X. The Effect of an Employment Arbitration Agreement on EEOC Jurisdiction

(i)       The Prior Cases

(ii)      EEOC v. Waffle House, Inc.

(iii)     Subsequent Cases

Section XI. Employment Arbitration Agreements and Third-Party Beneficiaries

(i)       An Introduction to the Issue and the Case

(ii)      Penn v. Ryan’s Family Steak Houses, Inc.

Section XII. The Basic Judicial Position

(i)       The Standard Policy

Metz v. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc.

(ii)      The Standard Construction

Great Western Mortgage Corp. v. Peacock

A Note on the Arbitrability of Title VII Claims

(iii)     Maintaining the Effectiveness of Adjudication

Maye v. Smith Barney, Inc.

(iv)     Distinguishing Between Gilmer and Gardner-Denver

Pryner v. Tractor Supply Co.and Sobierajski v. Theosen Tractor & Equipment Co

A Note on the Judicial Assessment of the Opposing Doctrine

Nieves v. Individualized Shirts

Section XIII. Minority Judicial Positions

(i)       An Aggressive Interpretation of Gilmer

Austin v. Owens-Brockway Glass Containers, Inc.

(ii)      Seeking Fairness in Employment Arbitration Agreements

Cole v. Burns International Security Services

(iii)     The Arbitrability of Civil Rights Claims

Prudential Insurance Co. of America v. Lai

A Note on the Progeny

Willis v. Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc.

(iv)     The Exception of Unconscionability

Stirlen v. Supercuts, Inc.

Section XIV. Aspects of the Continuing Debate on the Arbitrability of Title VII Claims

(i)       Desiderio v. National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), 2 F. Supp. 2d 516 (S.D.N.Y. 1998)

(ii)      The Decision in Rosenberg v. Merrill Lynch

(iii)     (a)  Hooters of America v. Phillips, 39 F. Supp. 2d 582 (D.S.C. 1998)

(b)  Hooters and the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals

(iv)     Seus v. John Nuveen & Co., 146 F.3d 175 (3d Cir. 1998), cert. denied, 525 U.S. 1139 (1999)

(v)      Title VII and the Award of Attorney’s Fees in Employment Arbitration

(vi)     State Courts Uphold the Arbitrability of Title VII Claims

(vii)    The Seventh Circuit Adopts Arbitrability

Section XV. The Settlements in the Smith Barney and Merrill Lynch Class Action Lawsuits

(i)       Smith Barney, An Update

(ii)      Merrill Lynch

Section XVI. The U.S. Supreme Court Decision in Wright

(i)       The Ruling in Wright

Wright v. Universal Maritime Service Corp.

(ii)      Subsequent Cases

Section XVII. “Makeshift” Employment Arbitration Agreements

(i)       Employee Handbooks

(ii)      E-mail Agreements

(iii)     Agreements by Implication

(iv)     Agreements by Conduct

Section XVIII The Institutional Position: Integrating the Legal Doctrine into Corporate Policy

(i)       The AAA’s Resolving Employment Disputes: A Practical Guide

(ii)      The AAA’s National Rules for The Resolution of Employment Disputes (Including Mediation and Arbitration Rules)

Section XIX. A Model Agreement and Arbitral Process

(i)       Basic Considerations

(ii)      Provisions of a Model Agreement

Index and Table of Cases

Book Overview