A former Fox News Network LLC host’s lawsuit against the network challenging the arbitration of her sexual harassment claims belongs in federal court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled Friday.

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The divided panel of three judges rejected Andrea Tantaros’ argument that her case should proceed in state court, where she originally contended her sexual harassment claims should not be in arbitration because they arise under a New York statute passed in the wake of the #MeToo movement that prohibits mandatory arbitration of employment discrimination. Both sides’ attorneys disagreed over whether the statute has an exception in it that would let some employers still arbitrate disputes involving federal law.