· 11/19/2007
Skirchak v. Dynamics Research Corp.
Citations
- 508 F.3d 49
- 13 Wage & Hour Cas.2d (BNA) 24
- 2007 U.S. App. LEXIS 26741
- 2007 WL 4098823
How courts have described this case
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- holding class action waiver in employment agreement unconscionable under Massachusetts law
- noting that agreements to arbitrate do not “divest a court of its jurisdiction”
- holding class action waiver in employment agreement unconscionable under Massachusetts law
- holding class action waiver in employment agreement unconscionable under Massachusetts law
- “Congress has, through the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act, legislatively required that waivers of ADEA rights be knowing and voluntary.”
- “There was nothing objectionable about the use of e-mail itself. But the content, the obscurity, and the timing of the e-mail and the failure to require a response raise unconscionability concerns.”
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Judges: Torruella, Lynch, Howard
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