Fla. Judge Enforces Arbitration Clause’s Carve-Out for Injunctive Relief Claims; Sends Breach of Contract Claims to Arbitration

MIAMI — A Florida federal judge has compelled arbitration of an employer’s breach of contract claim brought against its former employee, finding the claim falls within the employment agreement’s broad arbitration clause.

However, in the July 9 order, Judge Daniel T.K. Hurley of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida ruled that the employer’s claims for injunctive relief are subject to litigation pursuant to the arbitration clause’s carve-out for such claims. The judge stayed litigation of the injunctive relief claim pending arbitration of the breach of contract claim.

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