In a 5-4 decision along ideological lines, the Supreme Court has upheld a controversial tool used by employers to stop class action lawsuits before they start: contractual provisions requiring employees to bring individual arbitration proceedings rather than class actions in court.
In Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis and its sister cases, the majority of the
The U.S. Supreme Court has decided to hear two important cases next year involving important issues for class action lawyers and the clients they serve.
In Lamps Plus Inc. v. Varela, the Supreme Court will decide “whether the Federal Arbitration Act forecloses a state-law interpretation of an arbitration agreement that would authorize class arbitration
Boxing fan Victor Mallh, attempting to take a class action swing at Showtime Networks for failures in its livestream broadcast of the Mayweather/McGregor fight in August of this year, will have to pursue his claim in arbitration, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled last week (Mallh v. Showtime