March 25, 2022
In each of the four cases set to be argued in the U.S. Supreme Court this week, private and public employers are defending against civil lawsuits brought by former employees — but the legal issues run the gamut from the enforceability of arbitration agreements to the scope of rail worker safety rules.
March 04, 2022
The Federal Arbitration Act meant to exclude certain transportation workers such as a Southwest Airlines ramp agent supervisor, attorneys general from 17 states and Washington, D.C., told the U.S. Supreme Court, arguing that forcing workers to arbitrate wage suits goes against the public interest.
March 03, 2022
The U.S. Supreme Court should interpret an arbitration exemption to include workers who don't cross state lines, the National Academy of Arbitrators and a railroad association argued, saying the Seventh Circuit rightfully determined a Southwest Airlines ramp agent supervisor's overtime suit shouldn't face arbitration.
March 02, 2022
The AFL-CIO and the National Employment Lawyers Association have urged the U.S. Supreme Court to affirm a Seventh Circuit ruling that Southwest Airlines cargo loaders are exempt from arbitration, arguing that the workers are ineligible for arbitration because they facilitate interstate commerce.
February 25, 2022
Cargo loaders are airline employees fundamental to transporting people and goods across state lines, a Southwest Airlines worker told the U.S. Supreme Court, arguing that the Seventh Circuit correctly found that she could avoid taking her overtime claims to arbitration.
February 01, 2022
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce told the U.S. Supreme Court that the Seventh Circuit interpreted a federal exemption too broadly when it ruled that a Southwest Airlines ramp agent supervisor's overtime claims could escape arbitration, urging the justices to overturn the decision.
January 25, 2022
Southwest Airlines urged the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a Seventh Circuit decision that found a Chicago ramp agent supervisor could avoid arbitration of her overtime claims under a federal exemption, arguing the worker didn't engage in interstate commerce.
January 14, 2022
Amazon has been citing the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to consider federal arbitration law this term in requests to pause its own wage and hour cases, highlighting motions for a stay as an option defense counsel may consider.
January 03, 2022
The new year is shaping up to be chock-full of cases for wage-and-hour attorneys to watch, including three before the U.S. Supreme Court that could expand employers' right to divert a suit to arbitration. Here are seven to keep an eye on.
January 03, 2022
A high court fight concerning what types of interstate transportation workers are exempt from arbitration and clashes over the scope of federal preemption in cases involving airline employees and trucking providers are among the court battles that transportation attorneys are watching in 2022.