Employers Urge 5th Circ. To Reverse NLRB Class Waiver Bar

Law360, New York (June 06, 2012, 4:43 PM ET) -- Employer groups on Tuesday weighed in on D.R. Horton Inc.'s Fifth Circuit challenge of the National Labor Relations Board's ruling against arbitration agreements barring class actions, saying that such agreements were valid under federal law.

Pacific Legal Foundation and the National Federation of Independent Business Small Business Legal Center said in an amicus brief in support of D.R. Horton that the NLRB's ruling this year rejecting an arbitration agreement contained in the homebuilder's employment contracts flies in the face of both the Federal Arbitration Act and...
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