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The Federal Arbitration Act is a United States federal statute enacted in 1925 that governs arbitration in contracts implicating interstate commerce. The Act applies in both federal and state courts. 
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U.S. Supreme Court Decision Reshapes FAA Exemption for Transportation Workers

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In a unanimous ruling earlier this month, the Supreme Court in Bissonnette, et al., v. LePage Bakeries Park St., LLC, et al., 601 U.S. ----144 S.Ct. 905 (2024) held that transportation workers need not work for a company in...more

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Ninth Circuit Holds Warehouse Worker Qualifies as Transportation Worker Under FAA Exemption

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Arbitration agreements with warehouse workers and others who play a “direct and necessary role” in the transportation of goods and people may fall within the “transportation worker exemption” to the Federal Arbitration Act...more

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