1st Circuit:  Agreement’s Silence Dooms Right To Class Arbitration

Mealey's (July 13, 2021, 12:28 PM EDT) -- BOSTON — A trial court did not err in granting a preliminary injunction to an au pair agency seeking to halt an au pair’s attempt to proceed with class arbitration as the employment contract between the two made no mention of class arbitration, a First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled July 9....