---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20190125210304.GA4191@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2019 16:03:04 -0500 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: United States: District Court Of New Jersey Finds Plaintiff Agreed To Arbitrate By Not Opting Out Of The Arbitration Program Article by Howard M. Wexler and Robert T. Szyba Seyfarth Shaw LLP Seyfarth Synopsis: The District Court of New Jersey recently found an arbitration agreement to be enforceable where the employee acknowledged receipt and did not follow the procedure to opt out of the arbitration program. In Horowitz v. AT&T, Inc., No. 3:17-cv-4827-BRM-LHG (D.N.J. Jan. 2, 2019), a federal district court upheld an employee arbitration agreement, which provided in pertinent part, "[i]f you do not opt out by the deadline, you are agreeing to the arbitration process as set forth in the Agreement. This means that you and AT&T are giving up the right to a court or jury trial on claims covered by the Agreement." In Horowitz, the plaintiffs opened their emails, clicked on the hyperlink containing the agreement, and did not opt out by the deadline. http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?article_id=775170&signup=true -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20190126173151.GA6666@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2019 12:31:51 -0500 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: HuffPost Lays Off at Least 15 Staffers Amid Verizon Media Cuts by Jeremy Barr Parent company Verizon Media Group is laying off 7 percent of its employees, approximately 800 people. At least 15 HuffPost employees were laid off on Thursday as part of a 7 percent cross-company cut made by parent company Verizon Media Group. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/huffpost-lays-at-15-staffers-verizon-media-cuts-1178787 -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20190126173546.GA6689@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2019 12:35:46 -0500 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: BuzzFeed, Verizon, and Gannett slashed at least 1,000 media jobs this week Media organizations are in crisis mode. Newspaper giant Gannett cut an unknown number of positions from its publications under the USA Today network Wednesday. BuzzFeed slashed 15 percent of its workforce, or 200 employees, it revealed Wednesday night. And Verizon Media capped the purge by laying off seven percent of its employees, amounting to about 750 jobs cut. Altogether, that totals more than 1,000 media jobs lost in a single day. https://theweek.com/speedreads/819600/buzzfeed-verizon-gannett-slashed-least-1000-media-jobs-week -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Sun, 27 Jan 2019