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How Your Company Can Get the Benefits of an Arbitration Clause

By Susan Guerette
November 28, 2010

Many companies have started including arbitration clauses in their employment agreements. Arbitrating employment disputes can provide for more efficient and more economical resolutions. It can be less destructive of business relationships and allow the parties to decide their disputes privately. It also potentially reduces the time spent on discovery and appeals and eliminates the bias of local juries.

Yet, in-house attorneys often question whether to include arbitration clauses in their employment agreements because they do not want to limit their ability to obtain emergency relief in court if an employee misappropriates their confidential information or solicits and attempts to divert their clients after they resign.

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