11th Circuit:  College Worker’s Class Claims Fall Outside Arbitration Agreement

Mealey's (October 21, 2019, 2:20 PM EDT) -- ATLANTA — A man who worked at the college from which he graduated when the college’s parent company lost its accreditation and closed the school is not bound by his employment arbitration agreement when bringing class claims regarding the education he and others received as well as promises made to students, an 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled Oct. 16 (Keven Robinson, et al. v. Virginia College, LLC, et al., No. 19-11864, 11th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 30761)....