In 1974, the Supreme Court of the United States issued a decision in American Pipe & Constr. Co. v. Utah that allowed individuals to bring a claim after the statute of limitations ended if the court did not allow a class action complaint that encompassed them to go forward. Ultimately, the American Pipe holding tolled
Employers May Force Individual Arbitration In Employment Agreements
It’s all over the internet, so it must be true! Indeed, this time it is…on May 21, 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court held in Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis, that employers may have arbitration clauses in employment contracts that prohibit class or collective actions (and it does not violate the National Labor Relations Act).