March 26, 2021
A New Jersey statute banning employers from requiring workers to arbitrate discrimination and harassment claims is unconstitutional, a federal judge ruled, barring the Garden State from enforcing the measure and saying it was preempted by federal law.
July 22, 2020
A New Jersey federal judge rejected the state's bid to sink a U.S. Chamber of Commerce suit claiming its statute banning employment pacts requiring workers to arbitrate harassment and discrimination allegations — the first such law to come from the #MeToo movement — is trumped by the Federal Arbitration Act.