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Southern District of New York: New York’s Prohibition on Mandatory Arbitration of Sexual Harassment Claims Preempted by Federal Law

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On July 11, 2018, New York State enacted a sweeping new law aimed at combatting sexual harassment in the employment context.  A year later, on July 22, 2019, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled that the law’s...
By: Polsinelli
Source Url: https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/southern-district-of-new-york-new-york-94599/

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