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Study Shows State Courts Vacating Many Arbitration Awards for Employees, but Not for Employers

The National Law Journal

April 21, 2008

As consumer, employee and other groups carefully build momentum in Congress for changes in the nation's arbitration landscape and business groups just as carefully organize their opposition, a new empirical study reports a "disturbing trend" at the state level: state courts vacating many arbitration awards for employees, but not for employers. The study, focusing on federal and state court review of employment arbitral awards, reflects a sense of "snowballing futility for employees," says the author.

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