"U.S. Supreme Court Considering A California Appellate Court Opinion Invalidating A Class Action Arbitration Waiver"

[Editor’s note: Roland C. Goss is the office managing shareholder of the Washington, DC office of Carlton Fields Jorden Burt, PA. This article reflects the views of the author, and does not constitute legal or other professional advice or service by Carlton Fields Jorden Burt, PA and/or any of its attorneys. This article appeared on the firm’s reinsurance and arbitration blog, www.ReinsuranceFocus.com.]

On October 6, 2015, the second day of this fall’s term, the United States Supreme Court will hear oral argument in a case arising out of the California state courts in which a contractual waiver of the right …