"Big Business Urges Justices to Uphold Bans on Employee Class Actions", 21 Jun 2017

Big-business advocates are lining up with the Trump administration's new position in the U.S. Supreme Court that workplace arbitration agreements banning class actions do not violate federal labor law.

The organizations, including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Retail Litigation Center, submitted friend-of-the-court briefs after acting Solicitor General Jeffrey Wall notified the court on June 16 that President Donald Trump’s Justice Department was taking a different position than the Obama administration.

The justices next term will hear arguments in a trio of disputes that will be among the most closely watched business cases. More than 70 cases, representing major U.S. companies, were filed in the federal appeals courts. Appeals courts were divided in their rulings…

The high court will decide whether arbitration agreements are enforceable under the Federal Arbitration Act or whether they violate the National Labor Relations Act…

[Refers to Epic Systems, EY (Ernst & Young), Murphy Oil USA]