Category: Supreme Court

Supreme Court Provides Guidance on Scope of FAA’s Transportation Worker Exemption

Over the last two decades, the U.S. Supreme Court has made it clear that the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) establishes a public policy favoring arbitration of disputes in lieu of litigation. There is one part of the FAA, however, that exempts certain workers “engaged in foreign or interstate commerce,” thus permitting these workers to sue in court. In recent years,...

Supreme Court Issues Another Important Arbitration Ruling in Morgan v. Sundance

A unanimous decision issued by the U.S. Supreme Court this week in the case of Morgan v. Sundance, Inc., No. 21-328 (U.S. May 23, 2022), the latest in a series of important arbitration rulings handed down by the High Court in recent years, creates even further incentive for an employer to act promptly when it seeks to compel arbitration. The...