Opinion ID: 77119
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Claims involving patents or inventions;

Text: 22 4. Claims covered under the National Labor Relations Act; 5. Claims against the Company or a present or former Employee which do not have any relationship to the Employee's work or relationship to the Company; 23 6. Claims which are personal in nature and do not involve a claim of a legal right, obligation or entitlement. 24 The DRP further provided that for certain limited claims, either the employee or Gulfstream may . . . apply to any court of competent jurisdiction and seek interim provisional, injunctive, or other equitable relief until the arbitration award is rendered or the Covered Claim is otherwise resolved. 2 None of the claims in this case falls within this provision. 25 The DRP explicitly provided that it was the sole and exclusive forum and remedy for all Covered Claims. It further provided that the employee and Gulfstream waived any right to jury trial, as follows: The Employee and Company agree and hereby waive any right to jury trial for any Covered Claim. 26 Finally, the DRP provided that Gulfstream retained the right to modify or terminate the DRP on thirty days' written notice and that the policy in effect at the time a claim was received would govern the process by which the claim was determined. 27 In March 2003, Gulfstream modified certain terms of the DRP and noticed and distributed it by the same methods as the original version. The terms of the modified DRP were substantially similar. However, the revised DRP provided that the employee agreed that no Covered Claim may be brought as a class or collective action under the DRP. 3 The revised DRP also stated that the employee's continued employment would constitute acceptance. The effective date of the modification was April 10, 2003, and each of the plaintiffs was employed when notice of the modification to the DRP was given and on the effective date.