9th Circuit: Employee Agreed To Arbitrate Bias, Civil Rights Claims

Mealey's (May 13, 2021, 7:40 AM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — An investment banker knowingly agreed to arbitrate her bias and civil rights claim against her former employer when she signed an employment agreement that used “explicit language” and “clear terms,” a Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled April 14, reversing a trial’s court decision that those claims could proceed....