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: New York Public Personnel LawSupreme Court clarifies who decides the validity of an arbitration provision
Rent-a-Center, West v. Jackson, US Supreme Court No. 09-497
Source; Analysis of the decision prepared by Ballard Spahr LLP [Copyright © 2010 by Ballard Spahr LLP. http://www.ballardspahr.com/ ]
Ballard Spahr advises: Companies using arbitration in their consumer and employee contracts are urged to review those documents carefully in light of the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Rent-a-Center, West v. Jackson , No. 09-497 (decisded June 21, 2010).
The full text of the Ballard Spahr analysis is posted on the Internet at:
http://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=1aaccc32-c055-47b5-9701-92a0b2e0a5ce&utm_source=Lexology%20Daily%20Newsfeed&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=Lexology%20subscriber%20daily%20feed&utm_content=Lexology%20Daily%20Newsfeed%202010-06-28&utm_term
Full post as published by New York Public Personnel Law on June 30, 2010 (boomark / email).
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