Blog Post
Jul 24, 2017
SCOTUS Puts the Class Action Waiver Issue at the Top of Its Agenda
Perhaps signaling the importance of the issue for American businesses and jurisprudence, the U.S. Supreme Court chose the first day of its term beginning in October as the date to set oral arguments in three petitions for certiorari asking whether employees can be required to waive their rights via arbitration agreements to file class and collective actions against their employers.