Supreme Court

Justices Reject Amazon Quest To Hear Driver Wage Case

 The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused Amazon’s request to review a First Circuit decision that found the company’s delivery drivers can pursue misclassification claims in court because they fit the definition of transportation workers who are exempt from the Federal Arbitration Act…

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Dukes At 10: A Mixed Wage And Hour Legacy

Nearing the 10th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark ruling in Wal-Mart v. Dukes, the pay and promotion bias opinion has not been the existential threat for class actions that some predicted — at least on the wage and hour side of employment law. But the decision has shifted litigation strategies, attorneys say…

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Justices Won’t Hear Domino’s Workers’ Arbitration Question

 The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up the question of whether it falls to courts or arbitrators to decide if a dispute should be arbitrated, dealing a fatal blow to a lawsuit alleging Domino’s Pizza suppresses wages with no-poach provisions in franchise agreements…

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