March 06, 2023
A Massachusetts federal court was overall correct in denying a retail company's bid to arbitrate a former in-store promoter's wage suit, the First Circuit ruled while holding that more fact-finding is required to determine whether she falls under a Federal Arbitration Act exemption.
August 19, 2022
A retail company told the First Circuit that a former in-store promoter must arbitrate her wage suit because she is a merchandise worker not involved in transportation, arguing that a U.S. Supreme Court ruling only narrowly applies.
July 14, 2022
The First Circuit should keep a lower court's ruling that a former retail company employee does not have to arbitrate her wage suit, the worker said Thursday, arguing that a decision from the appellate court and a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling shield her from the Federal Arbitration Act.