July 21, 2023
Domino's drivers engage in interstate commerce even while transporting ingredients without crossing state lines, the Ninth Circuit ruled Friday, keeping its earlier decision that the drivers are exempt from federal arbitration requirements after the U.S. Supreme Court sent the case back.
June 16, 2023
In the next week, attorneys should keep an eye out for oral arguments in a proposed wage and hour class action by Domino's Pizza delivery drivers that the U.S. Supreme Court remanded to the Ninth Circuit. Here's a look at that case and other labor and employment matters on deck in California.
February 02, 2023
The American Association for Justice urged the Ninth Circuit to restore its decision exempting from arbitration Domino's truck drivers who transport items in-state because the journey involves interstate commerce, the second filing from an outside party supporting the drivers' bid to reinstate the ruling.
January 31, 2023
A progressive think tank told the Ninth Circuit it should restore its decision exempting Domino's truck drivers from arbitration because they engage in interstate commerce, supporting the drivers' bid for the ruling's reinstatement.
January 26, 2023
Domino's truck drivers who transport ingredients in the same state told the Ninth Circuit it should restore and make public its earlier determination that they are interstate commerce workers exempt from federal arbitration law after the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the appellate decision.
January 04, 2023
Domino's told the Ninth Circuit that drivers' suit alleging unpaid expenses belongs in arbitration because a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision makes it clear they are not interstate workers who are exempt from federal arbitration requirements.
November 09, 2022
By throwing out a Ninth Circuit ruling that said the Federal Arbitration Act doesn't cover Domino's truckers, the U.S. Supreme Court may be signaling it wants lower courts to develop case law applying a fresh ruling involving an airline baggage handler, attorneys told Law360.