Jonathan L. Shapiro Authors “U.S. Supreme Court’s Epic Systems Decision Holds That Employment Arbitration Agreements Barring Class Actions Are Lawful”

Kasowitz partner Jonathan L. Shapiro authored “U.S. Supreme Court’s Epic Systems Decision Holds That Employment Arbitration Agreements Barring Class Actions Are Lawful,” published in Mealey’s Litigation Report: Class Actions.  In the article, Mr. Shapiro examines Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis, the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision resolving a split among the federal circuits as to whether class and collective action waivers in employment agreements are lawful.  The article details how this decision implicates a major shift in power from employees to their employers.

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Jonathan L. Shapiro is an employment litigation partner at Kasowitz.