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Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals USEERA does not prohibit compelled arbitration of claims arising under the statute's terms.  Ziober v. BLB Res., Inc., 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 18516 (9th Cir. Oct. 14, 2016). Where seaman is asked to disclose pertinent information during pre-hiring medical examination or interview and intentionally conceals or misrepresents material facts, he...

District court erred by dismissing complaint for violation of Title VII and Age Discrimination Act, because complaint and attached exhibits did not obviously state when former employee learned of the alleged discriminatory acts and whether his contact with the investigator was timely.  Daniels v. Donahoe, 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 17268 (9th Cir. Sept. 21, 2016)....

District court did not err by granting summary judgment against race and gender discrimination claim, because employee did not show employer treated similarly situated employees who were not a member of his class differently.  Lal Dev v. EFB Patrick R. Donahoe, 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 17011 (9th Cir. Sept. 16, 2016). District court erred by...

District court erred by deciding whether drivers' arbitration agreements were enforceable, because that question was clearly delegated to the arbitrator.  Court venue provisions for actions to enforce arbitration agreements and obtain other remedies did not make the arbitration agreements ambiguous.  The drivers' right to opt out of the agreements prevented them from being procedurally unconscionable....

District court did not err by certifying class of domestic farm workers who claimed farm employer violated Agricultural Workers Protection Act by failing to inform them of the availability of agricultural work performed by temporary foreign workers under the federal H-2A visa program, and failed to pay the domestic workers the same wage as foreign...