In Lamps Plus, Inc. v. Varela, No. 17-988, 2019 WL 1780275 (Apr. 24, 2019), the Supreme Court confronted the issue of whether parties to an arbitration agreement containing ambiguous terms had agreed to class-wide arbitration.
October 31, 2019 Articles
U.S. Supreme Court Dims the Lights on Plaintiffs’ Rights to Class Action Arbitration in Lamps Plus
The Court determined that class-wide treatment may not be inferred from ambiguous contract language and that, instead, agreements must expressly provide for class arbitration.
By Melinda G. Gordon
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