September 03, 2021
Arbitration agreements are a frequent flashpoint early in wage and hour litigation, forcing judges to decide whether to enforce the parties' apparent commitment to resolve claims out of court. Here, Law360 reviews five rulings from this year on whether to send a case to arbitration.
March 31, 2021
A Seventh Circuit panel on Wednesday ruled that a Southwest Airlines Co. ramp supervisor's cargo loading duties exempt her from dispute resolution under the Federal Arbitration Act, reversing a lower court that sent her claim for unpaid overtime to arbitration.
March 03, 2021
During a second round of oral arguments Wednesday in a Southwest Airlines Co. employee's wage suit, two Seventh Circuit judges questioned whether the airline was interpreting precedent too narrowly as it argued the dispute was correctly sent to arbitration.
February 11, 2021
Southwest Airlines and a ramp supervisor traded barbs Wednesday over how the Seventh Circuit should apply two U.S. Supreme Court decisions interpreting a Federal Arbitration Act exemption to the supervisor's appeal as they prepare to present new arguments in her wage dispute.
January 22, 2021
A Southwest Airlines Co. supervisor must again argue her unpaid overtime case before a Seventh Circuit panel, the appeals court has ruled, because the original bench, which included now-Justice Amy Coney Barrett, had not decided the case before Justice Barrett left for the U.S. Supreme Court.
July 08, 2020
A Southwest Airlines ramp supervisor told the Seventh Circuit during oral argument Wednesday her cargo loading duties exempt her from dispute resolution under the Federal Arbitration Act and asked the court to reverse an order that she arbitrate her claim for unpaid overtime.