9th Circuit Strengthens Arbitration of Employment Disputes

Here's the blurb from today's Recorder:

Employers can force workers to sign arbitration agreements as a condition of employment, the Ninth Circuit ruled Tuesday. Overturning a controversial precedent and sparking two angry dissents, an en banc panel ruled 8-3 to allow law firm Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps to require its employees to enforce their rights in arbitration, rather than in court. That overturns Duffield v. Robertson Stephens, a 1998 decision which said employers couldn't require workers to arbitrate Title VII claims.

You can access the opinion at this link: EEOC v. Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps.