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Should I opt out of confidential arbitration?
I recently lateraled, and my new biglaw firm provides a 30-day window for opting out of the confidential arbitration provision in my employment agreement. Should I opt out?
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Re: Should I opt out of confidential arbitration?
It'd a smart call. If you're in CA, this is likely a response to AB51 and the fact a preliminary injunction is in place, but Plaintiff-side bar won a "key" factor so to speak that is currently tipping scales in favor of Plaintiff's bar for AB51 purposes.
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Re: Should I opt out of confidential arbitration?
To be clear, no one in this thread is providing legal advice regarding the desirability (or lack thereof) of opting out of OP's (or, indeed, any) arbitration clause. Rather the advice is regarding whether opting out would have any negative social/career development consequences at the firm. To that point, I echo smcphils' sense that, in all likelihood, the lawyers at the firm won't care or even know if OP opts out. Typically this kind of paperwork would be processed by HR staff, and no lawyer would ever even lay their eyes on it (unless and until OP sues the firm, of course, which hopefully will never happen).
