Articles From Jay Schleppenbach

U.S. Supreme Court holds class arbitration cannot be ordered absent an express agreement By Jay Schleppenbach Alternative Dispute Resolution, July 2019 The U.S. Supreme Court concluded in Lamps Plus, Inc. v. Varela that class arbitration cannot be compelled where the arbitration agreement is not silent but rather ambiguous about the availability of such arbitration.
New Jersey legislature passes legislation barring mandatory arbitration of discrimination claims By Jay Schleppenbach Alternative Dispute Resolution, April 2019 New Jersey's legislature recently passed a bill that would prohibit employers from enforcing mandatory pre-dispute arbitration provisions.

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