September 19, 2023
Amazon asked the Ninth Circuit to stay the mandate of a ruling holding that its delivery drivers are exempt from federal arbitration law so that it can file a petition for certiorari in the U.S. Supreme Court, saying circuits are split on the enforceability of similar arbitration contracts.
September 01, 2023
The Ninth Circuit ruled Friday that Amazon can't send to arbitration a proposed class action alleging the online retail giant illegally retained Amazon Flex drivers' tips, rejecting Amazon's arguments that the U.S. Supreme Court's recent Southwest Airlines decision upended circuit court precedent on whether the Federal Arbitration Act covers transportation workers.
March 27, 2023
A Ninth Circuit panel considered Monday whether to uphold a Washington federal court's decision keeping Amazon Flex drivers' stolen tips dispute out of arbitration, with one judge expressing skepticism of the company's take on what defines a class of workers engaging in interstate commerce.
March 24, 2023
A Ninth Circuit panel is scheduled to hear Amazon's arguments that the U.S. Supreme Court upended circuit precedent on whether the Federal Arbitration Act covers transportation workers. Here, Law360 breaks down the case ahead of Monday's proceedings.
March 01, 2023
In March, federal circuit courts will take on the constitutionality of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, wrestle with how to distinguish between mergers and acquisitions in an insurance policy dispute and again address whether delivery drivers are subject to the Federal Arbitration Act. Here, Law360 previews selected appellate arguments in the month ahead.
November 03, 2022
A pro-worker interest group told the Ninth Circuit that the Supreme Court's decision in Southwest Airlines v. Saxon did not erase the principle that last-mile Amazon delivery drivers were engaged in interstate commerce and exempt from arbitration.
October 27, 2022
A group of Amazon drivers told the Ninth Circuit that they are engaged in interstate commerce and their suit claiming stolen tips is not arbitrable under a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision, saying a lower court correctly kept their lawsuit out of arbitration.
August 04, 2022
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce told the Ninth Circuit that a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on which workers are exempt from arbitration reaffirmed that the exemption applies narrowly, backing Amazon's efforts to flip a lower court decision keeping a stolen tip suit out of arbitration.
July 28, 2022
New precedent from the U.S. Supreme Court regarding which workers are engaged in interstate commerce and which are exempt from arbitration means that intrastate delivery drivers for Amazon are bound to arbitrate their stolen tip claims, the e-commerce giant told the Ninth Circuit.