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: The UCL Practitioner"Study Shows State Courts Vacating Many Arbitration Awards for Employees, but Not for Employers"
By Kimberly A. Kralowec
Yesterday's National Law Journal reported on a new study by Professor Michael H. LeRoy of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign College of Law showing that courts reverse arbitration awards in favor of employees more frequently than awards that favor employers. The article also disusses various legislative reform proposals that lawmakers are considering. Marcia Coyle, "Study Shows State Courts Vacating Many Arbitration Awards for Employees, but Not for Employers," National Law Journal (April 21, 2008).
Full post as published by The UCL Practitioner on April 22, 2008 (boomark / email).
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