The Supreme Court’s October 2018-2019 term began with the highly politicized confirmation of Justice Brett Kavanaugh. But despite some expectations that the new makeup of the Court would be more divided than the previous...more
7/2/2019
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Arbitration ,
Auer Deference ,
BNSF Railway Company v Loos ,
Class Action ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Equal Pay ,
Equal Pay Act ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Federal Arbitration Act ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
Fort Bend County Texas v Davis ,
Henry Schein Inc v Archer and White Sales Inc ,
Kisor v Wilkie ,
Lamps Plus Inc v Varela ,
Mount Lemmon Fire District v Guido ,
New Prime v Oliveira ,
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act ,
Parker Drilling Management Services Ltd v Newton ,
Railroad Retirement Tax Act (RRTA) ,
SCOTUS ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Wage and Hour ,
Yovino v Rizo
While the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”) broadly applies to a wide variety of employment and contracting arrangements, it does contain in Section 1 an exception excluding certain transportation workers from its coverage. ...more
1/24/2019
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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