Savings Clause Can't Save Plaintiffs' Class Action

Louisiana Bar Journal

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Epic Sys. Corp. v. Lewis, 138 S.Ct. 1612 (2018).

Epic Systems involved a combined appeal of three cases from the 5th, 7th and 9th Circuits. At issue was whether arbitration agreements that waived the employees’ rights to pursue class action FLSA claims against their employers were valid.

The full article, "Savings Clause Can't Save Plaintiffs' Class Action," first published in the October/November 2018 issue of the Louisiana Bar Journal, Volume 66, Number 3.