“Preempted! New Jersey Courts Hold Ban on Pre-Dispute Arbitration of Employment Claims Preempted by Federal Arbitration Act”

Meredith-Anne Berger and Anne Dana of Seyfarth Shaw have authored this article, available through JD Supra, discussing the recent decision by the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey in New Jersey Civil Justice Institute v. Grewal, in which the court held that New Jersey’s ban on enforcement of mandatory pre-dispute arbitration provisions for all claims of employment discrimination, retaliation, and harassment is pre-empted by the Federal Arbitration Act.