Labor Law Violations, Federal Arbitration Act, Putative Class Actions

U.S. Supreme Court Clarifies Application of FAA Transportation Exemption

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 4/24/2024

On April 12, 2024, the United States Supreme Court ruled that an individual does not need to work directly in the transportation industry to be within the scope of the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) exemption for...more

Sixth Circuit Holds Validity of Employee’s Electronic Signature Creates Issue of Fact, Reverses Order Compelling Arbitration

Carlton Fields on 8/16/2023

In Bazemore v. Papa John’s U.S.A. Inc., the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals considered the plaintiff’s appeal of an order granting the defendant’s motion to compel arbitration and to dismiss the plaintiff’s complaint brought...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

Class Actions Quarterly Update: Labor and Employment

ArentFox Schiff on 1/7/2021

Garner v. Inter-State Oil Co., 52 Cal.App.5th 619, Cal. App. 3 Dist., June 26, 2020, as modified (Jul 23, 2020) - Plaintiff filed a class action alleging that his employer, Inter-State Oil Co., violated a variety of wage...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