Labor Law Violations, Federal Arbitration Act, Motion to Compel

May 2024 Case Summaries

Payne & Fears on 6/24/2024

Garcia v. Stoneledge Furniture LLC, 102 Cal. App. 5th 41 (2024) - Summary: Although parties may delegate questions regarding the validity of an arbitration agreement to the arbitrator, the delegation presupposes the existence...more

SDNY Grants Motion to Compel Arbitration of Employee’s Discrimination and Retaliation Claims

Carlton Fields on 11/8/2023

In Marino v. CVS Health, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York found defendant CVS Health’s “arbitration of workplace legal disputes policy” and related arbitration agreement compelled arbitration of...more

The Long And Winding Road: Ninth Circuit Exempts Last-Leg Drivers From Arbitration Under The Federal Arbitration Act

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 8/14/2023

Seyfarth Synopsis: The Ninth Circuit recently extended the scope of which transportation workers are exempt from arbitration under the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”). In Carmona Mendoza v. Domino’s Pizza, LLC, – F.4th –,...more

Ninth Circuit Rules Domino’s Truck Drivers Exempt from FAA

Epstein Becker & Green on 8/4/2023

On July 21, 2023, a unanimous three-judge panel once again affirmed a California federal court’s ruling that the truck drivers who deliver ingredients from Domino’s Southern California Supply Chain Center to Domino’s...more

Ninth Circuit Dismisses Interlocutory Appeal, Finds Order Compelling Arbitration Not a “Final Decision” Under FAA

Carlton Fields on 3/27/2019

The plaintiff filed a putative class action for alleged violations of California employment law, and the defendant moved to compel arbitration....more

Ninth Circuit Blesses Iskanian

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 10/2/2015

On September 28, 2015, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a 2-1 decision in the long-awaited case of Sakkab v. Luxottica Retail North America, Inc. (No. 13-55184, D.C. No. 3:12-cv-00436-GPC-KSC) (“Sakkab”). The Court...more