IBM
International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) is an American information technology company headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States, with operations in over 170 countries. The company began in 1911 as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company (CTR) and was renamed “International Business Machines” in 1924.
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Workers Beware: Forced Arbitration Can Happen To You
Plaintiff Carlos White (“White”) worked as SoftLayer’s Assistant General Counsel from February 15, 2010 until September 7, 2012. On February 13, 2015, White filed this lawsuit against SoftLayer and other related entities, including SoftLayer Holdings and IBM, alleging claims for race discrimination and retaliation in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (“Title VII”), 42 U.S.C. 2000e et seq., and 42 U.S.C. 1981, arising from his employment with SoftLayer. The IBM Defendants contend that, as a condition of being hired by SoftLayer, White agreed to submit all claims related to his employment to final, binding arbitration pursuant to the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”), 9 U.S.C. 116. Accordingly, the IBM Defendants move to compel White to arbitrate his claims in this lawsuit. -White v. SoftLayer Technologies (2015)
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