The Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”) has been construed to liberally promote the use of arbitration provisions. However, in recent years, a sort of tug-of-war has played out between federal courts and California as to the enforceability of arbitration provisions governed by the FAA.

Individuals instructed to preserve records in federal proceedings should not take their duties lightly. Avoid learning this lesson the hard way, as an IT director of a U.S. bus tour company recently did. For spoliating backup tapes, he has been sentenced to prison for 15 months.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced this morning that it has reached the congressionally mandated 65,000 visa H-1B cap for fiscal year 2018. USCIS also received a sufficient number of H-1B petitions to meet the 20,000 visa U.S. advanced degree exemption, also known as the Master’s Cap. 

Seattle is a city that likes to be friendly to its workers. It was one of the first to implement the $15 minimum wage law, a paid leave law, and even enacted an ordinance protecting hotel workers.