Ernst & Young Ask High Court To Rule On Barring Concerted Employee Actions

(September 15, 2016, 10:19 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Ernst & Young LLP and Ernst & Young U.S. LLP filed a petition for writ of certiorari in the U.S. Supreme Court on Sept. 8, asking for review of August 2016’s Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals decision in which a divided panel held that an employer may not condition employment on the requirement that an employee sign an agreement barring employees from coming together to file legal action over work-related claims (Ernst & Young LLP, et al. v. Stephen Morris, et al., No. 16-300, U.S. Sup.)....