Amazon Flex Drivers Case Tied Up as Courts Shape Arbitration Law

Amazon.com Inc. faces an eight-year-old proposed class action that’s still in the early stages of litigation because it’s repeatedly been halted while the US Supreme Court developed federal arbitration doctrine.

The e-commerce giant revived its efforts this month to require delivery drivers for its Flex program to arbitrate their wage claims, after a federal judge gave it permission to file another motion seeking to move claims out of court. The company also filed a flurry of nearly two-dozen petitions asking federal district courts across the country to force plaintiffs out of the lawsuit and into individual arbitration.

The case illustrates ...