Amazon Driver Opposes High Court Review Of FAA Exemption

Mealey's (May 10, 2021, 1:02 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A local delivery driver who brought a misclassification class complaint against Amazon.com Inc. and Amazon Logistics Inc. (together, Amazon) filed a response in the U.S. Supreme Court on May 7 arguing that no circuit split exists regarding the scope of the Federal Arbitration Act’s (FAA) exemption for “workers engaged in foreign or interstate commerce” and the First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals properly held that local drivers fall within the exemption....