Representing Workers Forced To Sign Arbitration Agreements

Powerful companies or employers who mistreat or misclassify their workers shield their unlawful conduct behind arbitration agreements. These arbitration agreements put workers at a great disadvantage in litigation because such workers can no longer use class actions to hold their employers accountable for violations of the law. This course addresses countertactics to achieve justice for people who have been harmed when defendants assert an arbitration defense. This program, taught by plaintiff attorneys Jeremiah Frei-Pearson and Amanda Chan, attorneys at Finkelstein, Blankinship, Frei-Pearson & Garber, will discuss the state of the law surrounding arbitration clauses and ways to defeat forced arbitration in court and arbitrations.

Learning Objectives :

1. Examine the current state of forced arbitration and the laws which govern it 

2. Discuss counterstrategies to arbitration defenses 

3. Review strategies for arbitrations when courts uphold the arbitration clauses