arbitration
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Appeals court clarifies guardrails for mandatory arbitration
Colorado’s second-highest court issued two decisions in recent weeks that clarified the limits on mandatory arbitration, including for cases that raise workplace sexual harassment claims. While arbitration can be a more efficient and private form of dispute resolution compared to a lawsuit, it can also lack transparency and generally leaves a person without an avenue…
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Divided 10th Circuit rules bank customer must arbitrate discrimination-related claims
The Denver-based federal appeals court ruled on Monday that a mandatory arbitration clause in the fine print of a customer’s bank account agreement prohibited her from pursuing claims of racial discrimination in court. Jeanetta Vaughn filed suit against JPMorgan Chase after the manager of its South Buckley Road branch in Aurora called the police on…
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Despite prevailing at SCOTUS, 10th Circuit again rejects man’s age discrimination lawsuit
Six months after the nation’s highest court ruled that a man could theoretically reopen his age discrimination case to contest an arbitrator’s unfair decision, the Denver-based federal appeals court determined he could not actually do so under the procedural rules. As a result, plaintiff Gary Waetzig cannot challenge his arbitrator’s violation of her arbitration agreement…
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Federal judge rejects Jeffrey Epstein-linked businessman’s request to shield case from public
A federal judge on Monday refused a litigant’s request to completely shield his civil case from public view, noting in a strongly worded order that the man had chosen to bring his otherwise private arbitration dispute into the federal court system. “Federal judges and their court staff are not legal pawns to be deployed in…
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Federal judge slams ‘endless’ conspiracy-laden lawsuit against court officials, city of Loveland
A federal judge last week threw out a lawsuit from a Colorado man alleging he was the victim of a conspiracy of judicial fraud and forgery, after his original efforts to baselessly extract $300 million from the city of Loveland were themselves deemed fraudulent. Since 2021, Eyoel-Dawit Matios has insisted Loveland owes him hundreds of millions…
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Federal judge refuses to force Black bank customer to arbitrate discrimination claims
A federal judge last month refused to find that a mandatory arbitration clause in the fine print of a Black customer’s bank account agreement prohibited her from pursuing claims of racial discrimination in court. Jeanetta Vaughn filed suit against Chase Bank after the manager of its S. Buckley Road branch in Aurora called the police…
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Divided 10th Circuit restricts judges’ ability to address unfair arbitration outcomes
Even if a private arbitrator did not follow the agreed-upon procedures or explain her reasoning, a man could not ask a judge to order a redo of his age discrimination proceedings, the federal appeals court based in Denver ruled on Monday. The effect of the decision was to clarify – and narrow – the ability of judges to step…
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Colorado credit union’s update of terms, ‘buried’ in email, provided sufficient notice to customers, court says
A Colorado credit union gave sufficient notice to consumers when it announced a change to customers’ legal rights in two sentences at the bottom of an email that required multiple clicks to see the new policy, the Court of Appeals ruled last week. Although a three-judge panel of the appellate court agreed Ent Credit Union…
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Federal judge moves forward on union’s claim that King Soopers is violating agreement
A federal judge on Wednesday determined he could legally consider the request of a grocery workers’ union to block King Soopers from using non-union personnel to tend to garden displays, a move the United Food and Commercial Workers alleges is in violation of their labor contract. UFCW’s Local 7 represents retail and meat department workers…
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10th Circuit tosses phony arbitration scheme seeking $300 million against Loveland
The federal appeals court based in Denver has rejected outright a Fort Collins man’s attempt to extract $300 million from the city of Loveland, in a case a lower court judge deemed “fraudulent.” Eyoel-Dawit Matios claimed Loveland was subject to a “self-executing” agreement to arbitrate his grievances stemming from a traffic stop with a Loveland…