‘Click to Accept’ Arbitration: A Cautionary Tale
A recent federal court decision reminds employers that an employee’s electronic acceptance of an arbitration agreement may not, by itself, be enough to prove that the employee has agreed to arbitrate, points out Stokes Wagner post.
In Shockley v. PrimeLending, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit recently affirmed the lower court’s decision to deny the employer’s motion to compel arbitration where the arbitration agreement was signed via the employer’s automated intranet system.
The author, Jordan A. Fishman, discusses the reasons that acceptance via intranet system was insufficient.
