US Supreme Court Clarifies Application of Federal Arbitration Act’s ‘Transportation Worker’ Exemption
By EsqSocial Corporation 23/04/24
In Bissonnette v. LePage Bakeries, a unanimous Supreme Court clarified the scope of the Federal Arbitration Act’s (FAA’s) “transportation worker” exemption by rejecting the industry-based test applied in the Second Circuit. In doing so, the Court closed one potential avenue for businesses to compel arbitration under the FAA, but left open several others....
By: Morgan Lewis