May 15, 2026
A unanimous U.S. Supreme Court ruling preserving federal courts' authority over cases they send to arbitration gives wage and hour litigants a clearer route for enforcing or challenging arbitration awards, attorneys said, though its practical impact is likely limited to the late stages of cases that do not settle.
May 14, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that federal courts that have sent a dispute to arbitration have jurisdiction to confirm or vacate a subsequent award, affirming a Second Circuit decision enforcing an award issued in a discrimination case involving a former hotel employee.
May 12, 2026
Three U.S. Supreme Court cases are worth watching for wage and hour attorneys, as they deal with the authority of the U.S. Department of Labor and another agency to punish violators, and courts’ jurisdiction over enforcing arbitration awards. Here, Law360 offers a roundup of those three cases that could end up affecting wage suits.
March 30, 2026
A lawyer urging the U.S. Supreme Court to find that federal courts that have sent a dispute to arbitration do not automatically have jurisdiction to confirm or vacate a subsequent award faced heavy skepticism Monday from the justices, who called his argument during oral arguments "odd" and "peculiar."
March 27, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court will close out its March oral arguments session by hearing a nationwide class's blockbuster challenge to President Donald Trump's limited view of birthright citizenship, as well as a dispute over federal courts' authority to confirm or vacate arbitration awards in cases they've formerly overseen.
December 05, 2025
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Dec. 5 to consider whether federal courts have the authority to confirm or overturn arbitration awards arising out of cases they previously exercised authority over, taking up a tricky legal question stemming from a laid-off security guard's discrimination case.