Supreme Court Limits Some Class Arbitrations | Practical Law
In Lamps Plus, Inc. v. Varela, the US Supreme Court held that, under the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA), an ambiguous arbitration agreement cannot provide the necessary contractual basis for a court to conclude that the parties agreed to submit to class arbitration. The Court also held that an order that both compels arbitration and dismisses the underlying complaint qualifies as "a final decision with respect to an arbitration" within the meaning of 9 U.S.C. §16(a)(3).