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    Leahy then pointed to two Supreme Court decisions — one involving age discrimination, the other dealing with arbitration — as specific examples of the Supreme Court misreading the law. "Congress never intended this [arbitration] law to become a hammer for corporations to use against their employees ... But in Circuit City, the Supreme Court allowed for just that when it extended the scope and force of the arbitration act by judicial fiat, so as to make employment contract arbitration provisions enforceable." In the wake of this year’s Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, which amended the law specifically to counteract a Supreme Court decision on the matter, Leahy’s comments suggested that the 111th Congress will continue to rewrite and refine the law in response to recent Supreme Court decisions. Full Article at MinnPost.com
    Congress never intended this [arbitration] law to become a hammer for corporations to use against their employees ... But in Circuit City, the Supreme Court allowed for just that when it extended the scope and force of the arbitration act by judicial fiat, so as to make employment contract arbitration provisions enforceable.
    Patrick Leahy Patrick Leahy SOURCE: MinnPost.com 2 months ago