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11. MASSACHUSETTS PUBLIC POLICY I'RECLUDES<br />

- ENFORCEMENT OF A PRE-DISPUTE WAIVER OF<br />

c. 1518 RIGHTS, SIGNED AS A CONDITION<br />

OF EMPLOYMENT 29<br />

A. CHAPTER 1538, SECTION 8 32<br />

R. CHAPTER 1510, SECTION 4(4A) 33<br />

1. The Option To Pursue A Section 5 Case<br />

Constitutes A Chapter 151B Hight 34<br />

2. The Threat To Reject Simmons' For Failing<br />

1'0 Agree To Mandatory Arbitration Constitutes<br />

Threats, Coercion And Interference With<br />

Rights In Violation Of Section 4(4A) 37<br />

a. Joule Unlawfully Coerced Simmons To<br />

Obtain The Release of Chapter 151B § 5<br />

Forum Rights 3 'I<br />

b. Joule Threatened Simmons . 39<br />

c. JoulG Interfered With Simons' Right.s 41<br />

C. COMMON LAW SKEPTICISM OF PROSPECTIVE<br />

WAIVKRS OF CIVIL RIGHTS 43<br />

13. THE FEDERAL ARBITRATION ACT DOES NOT<br />

PROTECT COERCED AGREEMENTS 45<br />

CONCLUSION 41<br />

CERTIFICATES OF SERVICE AND COMPLIANCE 48<br />

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