Nordstrom Inc. is an American-based chain of department stores, also operating in Canada and Puerto Rico, headquartered in Seattle, Washington.
Workers Beware: Forced Arbitration Can Happen To You
In 2014, a federal appeals court reversed a trial court ruling and forced former Nordstrom employee Faine Davis to bring her employment claims against Nordstrom in arbitration, even though the company adopted its forced arbitration policy after the plaintiff was already employed and did not secure her affirmative consent to the new policy. (Davis v. Nordstrom, Inc., 755 F.3d 1089 (9th Cir. 2014).