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U.S. Supreme Court,
Civil Litigation

Apr. 29, 2019

Statutory originalism & the Federal Arbitration Act

The U.S. Supreme Court’s latest arbitration ruling continues a proxy war over ‘statutory originalism.’

Steven B. Katz

Partner
Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete LLP

1800 Century Park E Fl 6
Los Angeles , CA 90067

Phone: (310) 597-4553

Email: skatz@constangy.com

USC Law School

Steven B. Katz is a partner and co-chair of the Appellate Practice Group at Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP. He represents employers in class, collective and representative actions, and appeals.

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OT18

Last term, in Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis, 2018 DJDAR 4705 (May 22, 2018), the U.S. Supreme Court held that class arbitration cannot be ordered when the agreement is "silent" about class arbitration. In Lamps Plu...