( January 2, 2026, 12:58 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — An employer has waived its right to respond to a U.S. Supreme Court certiorari petition concerning a decision the petitioner says “encourages a cascade of litigation over the enforceability of arbitral awards”; the challenged 2-1 ruling affirmed vacatur of an award that resulted from pro se arbitration over severance pay and concerned an Employee Retirement Income Security Act discrimination claim that the majority concluded the claimant never raised....