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SCOTUS to Resolve Circuit Split Over Transportation Worker Exemption in the FAA
By Beth Graham - October 2, 2023
Today marks the start of the United States Supreme Court’s new term. During the term, the nation’s highest court will resolve a circuit court split regarding whether Section 1 of the Federal Arbitration Act’s exemption for “any other class of workers engaged in foreign or interstate commerce,” applies to transportation workers who perform work for companies that operate outside of the transportation industry.
First Circuit Holds Intrastate Final Mile Transportation Workers Are Exempt from the FAA
By Beth Graham - July 23, 2020
The United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit has ruled final mile drivers who operate solely intrastate in order to deliver goods that were shipped via interstate commerce are exempt from the Federal Arbitration Act.
Infinite Arbitration Clauses
By Beth Graham - March 22, 2019
University of California, Davis School of Law Professor David Horton has published “Infinite Arbitration Clauses,” University of Pennsylvania Law Review, Vol. 168 (Forthcoming).
The Impact of Epic Systems in the Labor and Employment Context
By Beth Graham - March 7, 2019
Lise Gelernter, Teaching Faculty at SUNY Buffalo Law School, has published a comment titled, “The Impact of Epic Systems in the Labor and Employment Context,” 2019 Journal of Dispute Resolution 115; University at Buffalo School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2018-014.
SCOTUS Holds FAA’s Transportation Worker Exception Applies to Independent Contractors
By Beth Graham - January 18, 2019
The Supreme Court of the United States has issued an opinion stating a court must decide whether one of the exemptions included in Section 1 of the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”) applies to a case prior to ordering the dispute to arbitration even if a valid delegation clause exists.
U.S. Supreme Court Considering Three Arbitration Cases in October Term
By Beth Graham - October 13, 2018
Last week, the United States Supreme Court heard oral argument in a case involving the arbitrability of independent contractor agreements for transportation workers.
Arbitration Nation: Data from Four Providers
By Beth Graham - September 12, 2018
Andrea Chandrasekher, Professor of Law at the University of California, Davis, School of Law, and David Horton, Professor of Law and Chancellor’s Fellow at the University of California, Davis, School of Law, have published “Arbitration Nation: Data from Four Providers,” California Law Review, Vol. 107 (forthcoming 2019).
A New Legal Framework for Employee and Consumer Arbitration Agreements
By Beth Graham - August 27, 2018
Imre S. Szalai, Judge John D. Wessel Distinguished Professor in Social Justice at Loyola University New Orleans College of Law, has published “A New Legal Framework for Employee and Consumer Arbitration Agreements,” 19 Cardozo J. Conflict Resol. 653 (2018); Loyola University New Orleans College of Law Research Paper No. 2018-09.
El Paso COA Holds Transportation Instructor is Exempt From Arbitration Agreement Based on FAA Exception
By Beth Graham - August 6, 2018
The Eighth District of Texas in El Paso has affirmed a district court’s order denying arbitration in a workplace discrimination case.
A Short Defense of Southland, Casarotto, and Other Long-Controversial Arbitration Decisions
By Beth Graham - July 23, 2018
University of Kansas School of Law Professor Stephen J. Ware has published “A Short Defense of Southland, Casarotto, and Other Long-Controversial Arbitration Decisions,” Loyola Consumer Law Review, Vol. 30, No. 3, 2018.
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