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Second Circuit Enforces Class Action Waiver in FLSA Case Under AMEX

Photo of John LewisBy John Lewis on Posted in Class Action Trends, Employment
Editors’ Note:  This post was previously published on Baker’s Employment Class Action blog, and is reprinted with permission. The Sutherland v. Ernst & Young case raised a now familiar question and the Second Circuit gave an answer in keeping up with recent U.S. Supreme Court precedent.  The question was whether an employee could invalidate a … Continue Reading

Class Arbitration Waivers: Supreme Court to Hear AMEX Case

By Deborah Renner on Posted in Antitrust, Arbitration, Class Action Trends
On November 9, 2012, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in American Express Co. v. Italian Colors Restaurant, No. 12-133, on the following question:  “Whether the Federal Arbitration Act permits courts, invoking the ‘federal sustantive law of arbitrability,’ to invalidate arbitration agreements on the ground that they do not permit class arbitration of a federal-law claim.”  … Continue Reading
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