by Mark Travis | Nov 30, 2021 | Arbitration, Labor Law
In Constellium Rolled Products Ravenswood LLC v. United Steelworkers (4th Cir., No. 20-1759, 11/29/21), the employer Constellium sought to vacate an arbitrator’s award in favor of the union. In the underlying arbitration, the union had contested the employer’s...
by Mark Travis | Nov 17, 2021 | Arbitration, FLSA
On November 15, 2021, in Morgan v. Sundance, Inc., the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari to decide whether the the proponent of a contractual waiver defense in arbitration must prove prejudice, and thereby violate the Supreme Court’s directive that lower courts...
by Mark Travis | Nov 15, 2021 | Arbitration, FLSA
In Reeves, et al. v. Enterprise Products Partners, LP (10th Cir., No. 20-5020, 11/09/2021), three employees were hired by staffing companies and assigned to work for Enterprise Products. The employees sued Enterprise claiming violations of the Fair Labor Standards...