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16Oct

Stunning Development — The Ninth Circuit Enforces an ERISA Plan Arbitration and Class Action Waiver Provision

Seyfarth Synopsis: Reversing course and overruling previous precedent, the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit now holds that ERISA plan mandatory arbitration and class action waiver provisions are enforceable, and can require individualized...
By: Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Source Url: https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/stunning-development-the-ninth-circuit-17290/

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