Chris Murray is Co-Chair of the firm’s Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution Practice Group. In this role, he assists attorneys throughout the firm and clients nationwide to create, roll out, and enforce effective employment arbitration agreements and other ADR programs. Mr. Murray has extensive experience with class/collective action waivers in employment arbitration. Mr. Murray was part of the Ogletree team that successfully defended the use of such waivers in the Fifth Circuit’s landmark decision in D.R. Horton, Inc. v. N.L.R.B. Since then, he has successfully defended the enforceability of class action waivers in numerous subsequent cases and submitted an amicus brief on the subject on behalf of several major employers’ associations in the Supreme Court’s Murphy Oil case. Mr. Murray assists clients and the Firm’s attorneys to draft or revise arbitration programs focused on a client’s specific needs and goals and in light of changing law and evolving best practices.
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Arbitration in the #MeToo Era
Labor & Employment Law Practice Group Teleforum
Teleforum
Courthouse Steps: Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis Decided
Labor & Employment Law Practice Group Teleforum
Teleforum
The Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act: Is this the beginning of the end of mandatory employment arbitration?
The “Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act” amended the Federal Arbitration...
The Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act: Is this the beginning of the end of mandatory employment arbitration?
The “Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act” amended the Federal Arbitration...
Going Rogue: The EEOC Quietly Uses FOIA To Penalize Employers For Adopting Lawful Employment Arbitration Programs
Anecdotal reports from employers around the country indicate that regional offices of the United States...
Mass Arbitrations: Challenges, Benefits, and Proposals for Improvement
In Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis, the Supreme Court confirmed that federal law permits employers...
Arbitration in the #MeToo Era
Labor & Employment Law Practice Group Teleforum
Employers are increasingly turning to arbitration to reduce the costs and burdens of employment-related litigation....