Agreement to Arbitrate Acknowledged, Not Accepted, Eighth Circuit Says

Recent workplace arbitration jurisprudence from the Supreme Court of the United States has drawn quite a bit of attention in the employment arena, and rightfully so. In Lewis v. Epic Systems, the Supreme Court approved class action waivers in arbitration agreements, and in Lamps Plus, Inc. v. Varela, the Court held that an ambiguous arbitration agreement cannot provide the basis for concluding that the parties agreed to class arbitration.