Supreme Court upholds Arbitral Class Action Waivers
On May 21st, the United States Supreme Court released its long awaited decision in the case of Epic Systems Court v. Lewis, consolidated before the court with two other cases in which certiorari had been granted, Ernst & Young, LLP. v. Morris, and National Labor Relations Board v. Murphy Oil USA, Inc. The common issue in all three cases was whether class action waivers in employment agreements that provide for the individual arbitration of claims are invalid under Sections 7 and 8 of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), which protects the rights of employees to engage in “concerted activity”. The