"... prevent victims of assault from going to court."No contract clause can prohibit you from filing charges for assault if you are the victim of assault. Such a clause would be illegal. Also, while contract clauses can limit your ability to sue your employer until you have first sought remedies via arbitration, such clauses cannot prohibit you from pursuing your further legal remedies once you have gone through the required arbitration process."they prohibit their employees from taking workplace sexual assault, battery and discrimination cases to court."
"a fine-print clause in her KBR contract banned her from taking her case to court"
Shame on the media for misrepresenting (as usual) a very serious issue. They saw the potential to prey on the emotions of readers, and used this young woman's sad story to make defense contractors "like Halliburton" the bad guys by distorting the facts. As usual.