Dolores Gutierrez, et al. v. Wells Fargo Bank, NA, et al.
Arbitration WageAndHour ClassAction JusticiabilityDoctri
Is the Federal Arbitration Act's goal of 'providing efficient streamlined procedures tailored to the type of dispute' compromised by allowing a defendant to forego arbitration against named class representative plaintiffs, and then successfully assert arbitration years later against the subsequently certified class members?
QUESTION PRESENTED Is the Federal Arbitration Act’s goal of “providing efficient streamlined procedures tailored to the type of dispute,” AT&T Mobility, LLC v. Concepcion, 563 U.S. 333, 334-35 (2011), compromised by allowing a defendant to forego arbitration against named class representative plaintiffs, and then successfully assert arbitration years later against the subsequently certified class members? ii PARTIES TO PROCEEDING AND