Second Circuit Cites Professor Horton's Article

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit cited an article by Professor David Horton in affirming a district court decision that an arbitration agreement could not be enforced in the hostile work environment case Olivieri v. Stifel, Nicolaus & Co., Inc.

Second Circuit Judge Beth Robinson cited Horton’s 2022 Yale Law Journal Forum article “The Limits of the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act.”

Martin Luther King Jr. Professor of Law David Horton's primary research and teaching interests are wills and trusts, contracts, and arbitration law.  In 2015, his article "In Partial Defense of Probate: Evidence from Alameda County, California" was selected as the winner of the 29th  Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Scholarly Paper Competition and he was honored with UC Davis Law’s Distinguished Teaching Award.