IBM Employee’s Age Bias Arbitration Win Improperly Made Public

IBM convinced the Second Circuit that a lower court wrongly unsealed a former employee’s win in an age discrimination arbitration, because the company had already paid the award in full.

The ruling Monday addressed the tension that can often exist between the public’s general right to access court filings and confidentiality principles recognized under the Federal Arbitration Act.

International Business Machines Corp.'s payment to Elizabeth Stafford while she sought to confirm the arbitration award in federal court mooted her court claim and weakened the general presumption of public access to court documents, the US Court of Appeals for the Second ...