Supreme Court’s Arbitration Ruling Invites Even More Lawsuits (Correct)

The US Supreme Court’s decision last week reviving a proposed wage-and-hour class action by baked goods delivery drivers sets the stage for more judicial showdowns over which classes of workers are subject to mandatory arbitration agreements.

The justices unanimously ruled April 12 that a worker who engages in foreign or interstate commerce doesn’t need to be employed by a company in the transportation industry to be exempt from the Federal Arbitration Act, which favors handling disputes in private arbitration rather than in court. The law contains a specific carveout for transportation workers.

Bissonnette v. LePage Bakeries Park St., LLC, ...