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Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP

One Epic Year Later: Have You Implemented A Mandatory Arbitration Agreement Yet?

A year ago, the United States Supreme Court issued its seminal decision in Epic Systems v. Lewis, which confirmed that employers may use mandatory individual arbitration agreements without fear of the National Labor Relations...more

Vedder Price

Class-Wide Arbitration May Not Be Compelled in the Face of an “Ambiguous” Arbitration Agreement

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In a case with important implications for employers, Lamps Plus, Inc. v. Varela, the United States Supreme Court held that class-wide arbitration may not be compelled pursuant to an arbitration agreement that is ambiguous as...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

U.S. Supreme Court Says Arbitration Agreements Exclude Class Arbitration Absent Consent

In last year’s Epic Systems decision, the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) allows mandatory arbitration agreements that preclude class or collective action claims. In other words, a party to the...more

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP

Supreme Court Blocks Class-Wide Employment Arbitration Due to Vague Contract Language

Over the past several years, the U.S. Supreme Court has been expanding the enforceability of arbitration agreements and making it easier for employers to keep employment claims out of court. In its landmark Epic Systems...more

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Class Action Waivers: The Law of Unintended Consequences

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In light of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis that class action waivers in arbitration agreements are enforceable, employers have been rejoicing. However, is their excitement misplaced? ...more

Lewitt Hackman

FRANCHISEE 101: Class Not in Session

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In May, the U.S. Supreme Court held that mandatory arbitration agreements containing class action or collective action waivers must be enforced as written....more

Downey Brand LLP

SCOTUS Upholds Class Action Waivers in Arbitration Agreements

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In Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis, the U.S. Supreme Court reaffirmed that employers subject to the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”) can require employees to arbitrate their disputes individually and waive the right to pursue...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

U.S. Supreme Court Roundup – 2017-2018

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The U.S. Supreme Court term that ended June 2018 included decisions on many topics important to workplace law, including class action waivers in employment arbitration agreements, public-sector “agency shop” arrangements, and...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

The Case for Class - Class Action Waivers in Arbitration Agreements

Last month, in Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis, the Supreme Court of the United States decided class action waivers in employment arbitration agreements do not violate the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”). A class action...more

A&O Shearman

Hot Topics: Enforceability Of Arbitration Provisions In Employment Agreements

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On May 21, 2018, in a 5-4 decision, the United States Supreme Court held, in Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis, that arbitration clauses in employment contracts requiring individualized proceedings are enforceable and thereby...more

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Web Exclusive - May 2018: The Top 14 Labor And Employment Law Stories

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It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Food and Beverage Law Update: June 2018

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Wage and Hour - Decision Upholds Class Action Waivers in Arbitration Clauses, Resolves Circuit Split - The U.S. Supreme Court issued a long-awaited decision in Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis on May 21, 2018, holding that...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

When Arbitration is in Play, Class Action is off the Table

In the decision rendered by the Supreme Court in Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis, employers are able to enforce individual arbitration proceedings if arbitration was agreed to in an employment contract. Settling a Circuit split...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Class Action Waivers in Arbitration Agreements: What Now?

You already know that on May 21, 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a 5-4 decision in Epic Systems. The Court’s long-awaited decision finally and conclusively establishes that class waivers in arbitration agreements between...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Supreme Court Rescues the Collective Action Waiver in Employee Arbitration Agreements - Epic Systems v. Lewis resolves a circuit...

The U.S. Supreme Court held that arbitration agreements governed by the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) may lawfully prohibit collective and class actions in employment disputes. State laws, such as the California Private...more

PilieroMazza PLLC

Worried About Class Actions? SCOTUS Recently Handed Employers a Hall Pass.

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Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court held in Epic Systems v. Lewis that employers may, as a condition of employment, require employees to sign arbitration agreements containing class action waivers. The Court rejected the NLRB’s...more

K&L Gates LLP

It’s Epic: Supreme Court Approves Class-Action Waivers in Employment Agreements

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The U.S. Supreme Court has again emphasized that parties to arbitration agreements have great latitude in structuring their agreements, including the ability to require bilateral — as opposed to class — arbitration. ...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Employment Law Commentary, Volume 30, Issue 5: What the Supreme Court’s “Epic” Decision Means for Employers

On May 21, 2018, the United States Supreme Court issued its decision in Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis, holding that waivers of class and collective actions in arbitration agreements are enforceable under the Federal Arbitration...more

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Arbitration Agreements and the Supreme Court's recent decision: An Epic Change for Employers?

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The Supreme Court's Decision - On May 21, 2018, a divided Supreme Court confirmed in Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis, No. 16-285, 584 U.S. ___ (2018), that class action waivers in mandatory employment arbitration agreements...more

Moore & Van Allen PLLC

A Split U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Class Waivers in Individual Employment Agreements, Highlighting the Role of Congress in the...

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The viability of class waivers in employment agreements has been a closely watched battle in the courts since the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruled in D. R. Horton, Inc. and Michael Cuda, Case 12–CA–25764, 357 NLRB...more

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Supreme Court Rules Employee Arbitration Provisions Requiring Individualized Proceedings Are Enforceable

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On May 21, 2018, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that, pursuant to the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA), mandatory arbitration agreements with employees requiring individualized arbitration actions for disputes with...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

The Epic Systems Case—Note To Employers—Don’t Wish For Something Because You May Get It!

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We have experienced a watershed change in the law this week and its ripples will move outward in ever widening circles for years to come. This is, naturally, the decision in Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis (one of a trio of...more

Jaburg Wilk

Epic Win for Employers on Individual Arbitration Agreements

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The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that employers may require their employees to resolve wage and hour disputes through one-on-one arbitration instead of through class actions. In Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis, the Supreme Court...more

Harris Beach PLLC

SCOTUS Union Decision: Can We Read the Tea Leaves?

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While many MuniBlog readers may be waiting on a decision in Janus v. American Federation of State, Municipal, and County Employees, on May 21 the Supreme Court rendered a decision in Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis should not be...more

Cozen O'Connor

Supreme Court Reaffirms Use of Arbitration Agreements

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Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a decision affirming the enforceability of those arbitration agreements in employment that prohibit collective actions; a decision that could significantly alter the landscape of...more

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