Congress to Pass Non-Binding Arbitration
Prompted by the rape case of former KBR employee Jamie Leigh Jones, defense contractors will no longer be able force claimants into mandatory arbitration. Typically defendant's like arbitration to keep cases away from juries that may award higher amounts.
The arbitrations applied to discrimination and sexual assault on contracts greater than $1,000,000.
The no-arbitration clause will have some minor exceptions, such as allowing arbitration if “it is necessary to avoid harm to national security interests of the United States.”
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