To Stay or to Dismiss? That is the Question.

To Stay or to Dismiss? That is the Question.

Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari in Wendy Smith, et al. v. Keith Spizzirri, et al., 2024 WL 133822 (Jan. 12, 2024). The review should resolve a split in the circuits as to whether, when presented with an agreement to arbitrate, a district court is...
FLRA Restores Standard on Interlocutory Appeals

FLRA Restores Standard on Interlocutory Appeals

In U.S. Department of the Army and National Federation of Federal Employees, 73 FLRA No. 70 (Dec. 8, 2022), the Federal Labor Relations Authority (“the Authority”) reversed a Trump-era standard for interlocutory appeals of arbitration awards under The Federal Service...