The Ohio Court of Appeals, Eighth Appellate District, affirmed a trial court ruling on May 14, 2026, finding that King David Post Acute Nursing & Rehabilitation waived its right to push a former employee’s discrimination case into arbitration. The reasoning was simple—the nursing home waited too long. The case arose from employee Ilona Yormick’s termination
The recent sanctions order in the federal class action against Walmart — where the court penalized plaintiffs’ counsel for failing to disclose an arbitration agreement and then invited Walmart to seek over $745,000 in attorneys’ fees — is a stark reminder of how corporations weaponize arbitration to avoid accountability. While the dispute in Golikov v. Walmart isn’t
After losing his constitutional right to justice, Darrell Thomas is sharing his story with KFOR to prevent others from enduring the same fate. A few years ago, Thomas’ health was put in peril after he suddenly endured a heart attack, which required him to undergo heart surgery and become paralyzed. Soon after, Thomas entered a
For many years, corporate giants such as Amazon, Uber, Apple, Tesla, and many others have relied upon forced-arbitration to subdue the rights of Americans they do business with. In requiring arbitration to be included in the contracts with their consumers and employees, businesses are able to settle legal disputes outside of court and in the
The New York Times had a great article on the history of the Federal Arbitration Act which is soon turning 100 years old. The Act was meant to help resolve business disputes between sophisticated businesses. President Calvin Coolidge signed the FAA on February 12, 1925. However, this archaic legislation has manipulated the Constitution and took