The Court's ruling in Lamps Plus, Inc., et al. v. Varela is
the latest in the Court's ongoing pro-employer, pro-arbitration
jurisprudence
As we first reported
here, the United States Supreme Court's docket this term
includes three significant cases interpreting various aspects of
the Federal Arbitration Act ("FAA"). Earlier this
year, the Court ruled in the first of those cases, Henry Schein, et al. v. Archer & White Sales,
Inc. (see our discussion
here), holding that the FAA does not contain a "wholly
groundless" exception and that courts cannot disregard a
provision in an arbitration agreement delegating authority to the
arbitrator. In the second case, New
Prime Inc. v. Oliveira (see our discussion
here), the Court held that the FAA's exemption for
interstate transportation workers applies to all such workers,
regardless of their classification as an employee or independent
contractor.
