Pyett to be Argued Before Supreme Court This Morning

Just a reminder that the U.S. Supreme Court is due to hear oral argument in the mandatory arbitration case 14 Penn Plaza LLC. v. Pyett.  Ross Runkel summarizes the case:

When employees sued claiming age discrimination, the employer filed a motion to compel them to take the case to arbitration. The employees were covered by a collective bargaining agreement which prohibited age discrimination and also said "All such claims shall be subject to the grievance and arbitration procedure [in the collective bargaining agreement] as the sole and exclusive remedy for violations." The trial court denied the motion to compel arbitration, and the 2nd Circuit affirmed.

The 2nd Circuit held that "arbitration provisions contained in a [collective bargaining agreement], which purport to waive employees' rights to a federal forum with respect to statutory claims, are unenforceable." The US Supreme Court is reviewing the 2nd Circuit judgment.

We will have an analysis of the oral argument this afternoon.

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