Worker-Friendly Circuit Rulings Grow With #MeToo Arbitration Law

Lawyer Laura Salerno Owens was interviewed about the split decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, which sides with employees on an issue over the reach of the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act. 

"The Sixth Circuit ruling may seem 'surprising' to employers because the mortgage underwriter who brought the case had quit her job at United Wholesale Mortgage LLC and alleged discrimination and sexual misconduct claims that occurred before the law’s effective date," said Laura Salerno Owens, a shareholder at Markowitz Herbold PC.

The article was published on April 24, 2025.