In Flanzman v. Jenny Craig, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled 6-0 that an arbitration agreement between weight loss company Jenny Craig Inc. and a longtime employee—despite not laying out a process for choosing an arbitrator, naming an arbitrator, or designating an organization to conduct the proceeding—is valid and enforceable.

In the Sept. 11 opinion delivered by Justice Anne Patterson, the court reversed the Appellate Division and reinstated the trial court’s dismissal of plaintiff Marilyn Flanzman’s age discrimination suit. The court did say the arbitration could take place in the location of the arbitrator’s choosing, and not necessarily in California as the trial court had required.

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