
On April 24, 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that an ambiguous arbitration agreement does not provide a sufficient basis to conclude that parties agreed to class arbitration.
In Lamps Plus, Inc. v. Varela, the Supreme Court voted 5-4 to
By: Robert J. Tucker and Katherine R. Johnston*
Judge Kavanaugh has had very few occasions to address the procedural mechanism of Rule 23. This is not surprising given that few class-action cases end up in the D.C. Circuit. But where…