Seyfarth Synopsis: Earlier this year, in New Prime, the Supreme Court decisively held that the Federal Arbitration Act’s § 1 exemption for transportation workers engaged in foreign or interstate commerce applied to...more
8/8/2019
/ Appeals ,
Arbitration ,
Delivery Drivers ,
Employment Litigation ,
Exempt-Employees ,
Federal Arbitration Act ,
Foreign Commerce ,
Freight Forwarding ,
Independent Contractors ,
Interstate Commerce ,
Misclassification ,
Transportation Industry ,
Wage and Hour ,
Waiver of Rights
Seyfarth Synopsis: In January, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled in New Prime Inc. v. Oliveira that the Federal Arbitration Act’s (“FAA” or the “Act”) exclusion for transportation workers engaged in interstate commerce...more
3/21/2019
/ Appeals ,
Arbitration Agreements ,
Commercial Truck Drivers ,
Employment Contract ,
Exceptions ,
Federal Arbitration Act ,
Independent Contractors ,
Motion to Compel ,
New Prime v Oliveira ,
Question of Arbitrability ,
Reaffirmation ,
SCOTUS
Seyfarth Synopsis: As previously discussed in this space, the Ninth Circuit recently chose to side with the Second Circuit, and not the Sixth Circuit, and ruled that mortgage underwriters fail to meet the FLSA’s...more
9/29/2017
/ Administrative Exemption ,
Appeals ,
Exempt-Employees ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Mortgage Servicers ,
Over-Time ,
Petition for Writ of Certiorari ,
SCOTUS ,
Split of Authority ,
Underwriting ,
Wage and Hour