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U.S. Supreme Court,
Labor/Employment,
Alternative Dispute Resolution

Oct. 30, 2018

High court considers a pair of arbitration cases

The U.S. Supreme Court heard back-to-back arguments Monday concerning the Federal Arbitration Act, dealing with whether courts have the power to impose class arbitration in which an agreement does not explicitly prescribe individual resolution, and whether courts can throw out arbitration agreements in which the issue at hand is “wholly groundless.”

High court considers a pair of arbitration cases
Chief Justice John Roberts, shown in 2015, is considering his third arbitration case already this term.

The U.S. Supreme Court heard back-to-back arguments Monday concerning the Federal Arbitration Act, dealing with whether courts have the power to impose class arbitration in which an agreement does not explicitly prescribe individual resolution, and whether courts can throw out arbitration agreements in which the issue at hand is "wholly groundless."

Arbitration has been a hot issue for the Supreme Court under Chief Justice John Robe...

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