Ninth Circuit Reverses Lower Court Ruling Applying Collateral Estoppel to Preclude Arbitration in Putative Class and Collective Action

The Ninth Circuit in O’Dell v. AYA Healthcare Services, Inc. (9th Cir. No. 25-1528) unanimously held that the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”) does not allow the use of collateral estoppel to preclude enforcement of arbitration agreements and reversed the lower court’s ruling barring enforcement of employee arbitration agreements.... By: Vedder