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The Expansion Of Trade Secrecy Protection And The Mobility Of Management Employees: A New Problem For The Law, Edmund W. Kitch
The Expansion Of Trade Secrecy Protection And The Mobility Of Management Employees: A New Problem For The Law, Edmund W. Kitch
South Carolina Law Review
No abstract provided.
M&A: Survival Of The Fittest In The 21st Century, Strategic Positioning In The Banking And Communications Industries - Should A Bank Acquire, Merge, Or Divest, Maureen S. Bateman
M&A: Survival Of The Fittest In The 21st Century, Strategic Positioning In The Banking And Communications Industries - Should A Bank Acquire, Merge, Or Divest, Maureen S. Bateman
Fordham Journal of Corporate & Financial Law
No abstract provided.
Arbitration: Back To The Future, Theodore J. St. Antoine
Arbitration: Back To The Future, Theodore J. St. Antoine
Other Publications
A strong new ideological current is sweeping through much of the Western World. At one extreme it manifests itself as a deep distrust of big government. In more modest form, it is a sense of skepticism or disillusionment about the capacity of big government to deal effectively with the problems confronting our society. In continental Europe today there is much talk of the principle of "subsidiarity," the notion that social and economic ills should be treated at the lowest level feasible, usually the level closest to the people directly affected. In the United States there is much talk of "privatization," …
Hostile Environent Sexual Harassment Claims And The Unwelcome Influence Of Rape Law, Janine Benedet
Hostile Environent Sexual Harassment Claims And The Unwelcome Influence Of Rape Law, Janine Benedet
Michigan Journal of Gender & Law
This article considers the unwelcomeness requirement of the plaintiff’s prima facie case. In particular, it examines the discussion of unwelcomeness found in the decision of the Supreme Court in Meritor Savings Bank v. Vinson, and the content given to this element by the subsequent decisions of lower courts. Such an inquiry reveals several parallels between the approach of courts to sexual harassment claims and their traditional treatment of the criminal offense of rape. The same biases and erroneous assumptions that have hampered an effective response to the physical violation of women have permeated the application of the purported remedy …
Panacea Or Corporate Tool?: Debunking The Supreme Court's Preference For Binding Arbitration, Jean R. Sternlight
Panacea Or Corporate Tool?: Debunking The Supreme Court's Preference For Binding Arbitration, Jean R. Sternlight
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This article examines the increasing use of contracts of adhesion in which companies require consumers, employees, franchisees and other "little guys" to submit disputes with the company to binding arbitration. The article argues that the Supreme Court's current preference for such agreements is not statutorily well-founded. Specifically, it contends that the Federal Arbitration Act was not intended to make such agreements binding on unknowing consumers or employees. Turning next to policy analysis, the article asserts that the Supreme Court has erred in expressing a preference for binding arbitration in cases where such arbitration was not knowingly and voluntarily accepted by …