Justices Skip IBM Worker Bid to Unseal Age Bias Arbitration Win

The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to review a former IBM employee’s bid to unseal her win in arbitration on claims that age discrimination spurred her layoff.

The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit set a dangerous precedent when it held that a confidentiality provision in an arbitration agreement can overcome the presumption of public access to court documents, the worker said in her petition for review. That misplaced conclusion will adversely affect hundreds of former International Business Machine Corp. “employees who have pursued age discrimination claims” in arbitration and in court and who won’t have ...