by Mark Travis | Jan 24, 2022 | Arbitration, Labor Law
Last week, an arbitrator ruled that former University of Connecticut head basketball coach Kevin Ollie was wrongfully terminated from his job in 2018 and awarded over $11 million in damages. The case is interesting for a number of reasons. First, the arbitrator who...
by Mark Travis | Dec 1, 2021 | Arbitration, Labor Law
In PG Publishing Inc. v. Newspaper Guild-CWA (3rd Cir., No. 20-3475, 11/30/21), the company and union arbitrated a grievance over pension fund contributions by the company. In order to meet pension fund guidelines, the arbitrator issued a 5-paragraph “Arbitration...
by Mark Travis | Nov 30, 2021 | Arbitration, Labor Law
In Constellium Rolled Products Ravenswood LLC v. United Steelworkers (4th Cir., No. 20-1759, 11/29/21), the employer Constellium sought to vacate an arbitrator’s award in favor of the union. In the underlying arbitration, the union had contested the employer’s...
by Mark Travis | Nov 17, 2021 | Arbitration, FLSA
On November 15, 2021, in Morgan v. Sundance, Inc., the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari to decide whether the the proponent of a contractual waiver defense in arbitration must prove prejudice, and thereby violate the Supreme Court’s directive that lower courts...
by Mark Travis | Nov 15, 2021 | Arbitration, FLSA
In Reeves, et al. v. Enterprise Products Partners, LP (10th Cir., No. 20-5020, 11/09/2021), three employees were hired by staffing companies and assigned to work for Enterprise Products. The employees sued Enterprise claiming violations of the Fair Labor Standards...
by Mark Travis | Jul 6, 2021 | Arbitration
In Boykin v. Family Dollar Stores of Michigan (6th Cir., No. 20-1153, 07/01/21), Boykin filed an employment suit against Family Dollar Stores. Asserting that Boykin “e-signed” an arbitration contract covering his claims, Family Dollar moved to compel arbitration and...
