Singer v. Commodities Corp

In Singer v. Commodities Corp., 292 N.J.Super. 391, 399, 678 A.2d 1165 (App.Div.1996), the Court enforced an arbitration agreement included in the standard NASD form against an employee who asserted a defamation and CEPA claim. The Court cited the "well-accepted principle that New Jersey supports the settlement of disputes by arbitration," id. at 400, 678 A.2d 1165, and concluded that "compelling arbitration under the NASD Code of employment-related disputes "arising out of the employment or termination of employment" is neither unfair nor inequitable and does not deprive plaintiff of any fundamental or substantive rights," id. at 407, 678 A.2d 1165. Thus, the public policy against discrimination does not conflict with the public policy in favor of arbitration, and is not violated by enforcing employees' agreements to arbitrate discrimination claims.