On May 21, the U.S. Supreme Court held 5-4 that class waivers in arbitration agreements between employees and employers are valid, rejecting arguments that they violate the protection of concerted activity in the National...more
5/23/2018
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Arbitration Agreements ,
Class Action Arbitration Waivers ,
Epic Systems Corp v Lewis ,
Ernst & Young v Morris ,
Federal Arbitration Act ,
Murphy Oil v NLRB ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Remand ,
Reversal ,
Savings Clause ,
SCOTUS
NEWS & ANALYSIS -
Class arbitration cases continue to stack up at Supreme Court. The National Labor Relations Board on September 9 petitioned the Court for certiorari in NLRB v. Murphy Oil USA, Inc. The lower court...more
NEWS & ANALYSIS
- NLRB changes longstanding rule for deferral to arbitration awards - The National Labor Relations Board has had a busy December with four major new developments. We have already reported on two of the...more
12/24/2014
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Antitrust Provisions ,
Arbitration ,
Arbitration Awards ,
Automotive Industry ,
Class Action Arbitration Waivers ,
D.R. Horton v NLRB ,
Deferral Standard ,
Email ,
Employee Definition ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Franchises ,
Independent Contractors ,
Joint Employers ,
Lyft ,
McDonalds ,
Misclassification ,
Murphy Oil USA ,
NCAA ,
NLRB ,
Protected Concerted Activity ,
Purple Communications ,
Sidecar ,
Taxi Cabs ,
Uber ,
Union Elections ,
Unions ,
Volkswagen ,
Wage and Hour
Once again, the U.S. Supreme Court has given expression to the strong federal policy favoring arbitration. The Court found last week that, because an arbitration clause in an employment agreement was valid, the Federal...more