Patrick Bannon Discusses Potential Impact of Key SCOTUS Case on Arbitration in Bloomberg Law

Bloomberg Law quoted Patrick Bannon in its article, “Justices’ Latest Arbitration Case Threatens Litigation Strategy,” on January 24. Bannon discussed how an appellate strategy to keep employment disputes in court is in jeopardy now that the US Supreme Court is poised to decide whether federal judges can dismiss or instead must pause cases that they send to arbitration.

“If you’re an opponent of arbitration and think it’s unfair and employers shouldn’t be able to force people out of court, then you do want the court to be able to dismiss…because the appellate court would decide whether the case really should be arbitrated or not.”

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