In Sheppard v. Staffmark Investment, LLC,No. 20-cv-05443, Judge Beth Labson Freeman of the Northern District of California examined the application of the Federal Arbitration Act’s (FAA) Section 1 exemption for transportation workers in a class-action suit. In this case, a former mail sorter for UPS Mail Innovations, Inc. (UPSMI) sued UPSMI and Staffmark Investment, LLC (Staffmark), a staffing agency, with five class action claims and a representative claim under the California Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA). Judge Freeman ultimately dismissed the plaintiff’s argument that she was a transportation worker exempt from the FAA, granted the motions to compel arbitration, dismissed the class claims and remanded the PAGA claim to the state court.
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Maharashtra National Law University Mumbai’s Centre for Arbitration Research has published the inaugural issue of the Indian Review of International Arbitration (IRIArb). The inaugural issue of the journal is dedicated...
By Chirag BalyanThis article was originally published on International Bar Association and on the Troutman Pepper Blog, here. It is republished here with permission. On 1 March 2021, the International Centre for Dispute...
By Albert Bates Jr., R. Zachary Torres-Fowler, Hailey BarnettThis article first appeared on Securities Arbitration Alert, here. Just a month out from oral argument, Servotronics has notified the Court that it is dismissing its Certiorari Petition. That leaves Badgerow v. Walters, No....
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