In a 5 to 4 decision, the Supreme Court’s more conservative justices ruled that companies can use arbitration clauses to block employees from banding together in class action suits. Sanford Jaffe, co-director of the Center for Negotiation and Conflict Resolution and an an assistant to the United States attorney general, 1965-67, writes how future historians will view the Supreme Court’s decision allowing companies to use arbitration clauses in contracts to prohibit workers from filing class-action suits as a major step backward, accelerating the move away from a public to a private system of justice and further limiting access to the public courts.
NJSPL Report Release: Advancing Language Equity in Chatbot Design for NJ’s Public Services
Report Release: Advancing Language Equity in Chatbot Design for New Jersey’s Public Services Read Report Background New Jersey agencies increasingly use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to improve access to public information and services. During the...