Recent ADR Journal stories tagged Federal Arbitration Act.
On June 2024, the US Supreme Court unanimously held in Flowers Foods v. Brock that drivers delivering goods as part of an interstate journey-known as 'last-mile' drivers-are exemp...
The US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that non-mutual offensive collateral estoppel cannot be used to preclude the enforcement of hundreds of arbitration agreements in a...
A US federal judge has upheld a recommendation to deny Royal Caribbean Cruises' request to require arbitration for alleged victims in a shipboard voyeurism case. The case involves...
On May 28, 2026, the United States Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision in Flowers Foods, Inc. v. Brock clarifying and expanding the exemption for transportation workers unde...
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has decided that the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) does not permit the use of non-mutual offensive collateral estoppel to invalidate arbitration...
The US Supreme Court has issued a decision confirming that federal district courts possess the authority to confirm or vacate arbitration awards under the Federal Arbitration Act,...
On November 5, 2025, the US Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision holding that truck drivers who deliver goods solely within one state, but as part of an interstate distributi...
On May 14, 2024, the US Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision in the case of Jules v. Andre Balazs Properties, addressing whether federal courts retain jurisdiction to confirm...
On June 13, 2024, the US Supreme Court unanimously held that independent bakery distributor drivers working for Flowers Foods and its subsidiaries are considered transportation wo...
The Texas Fourteenth District Court of Appeals ruled that Energy Transfer LP cannot enforce an arbitration clause in a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of a deceased pip...
A Louisiana federal district court rejected a former employee's attempt to vacate an arbitration decision dismissing his Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Texas Labor Code...
As financial agreements increasingly include arbitration clauses, U.S. courts are assessing the impact of enforcing these clauses in bankruptcy proceedings, where statutory goals...