Luxottica U.S. Holdings Corp., et al. v. Janet Duke

The Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) protects the right to “traditional individualized arbitration.” Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis, 584 U.S. 497, 509 (2018). In this case, the court of appeals held that agreements for individualized arbitration are unenforceable for claims under Section 502(a)(2) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. 1132(a)(2). It invalidated the parties’ arbitration agreement “on public policy grounds,” invoking an atextual, judgemade exception to the FAA, which this Court has never applied to invalidate an arbitration agreement. App., infra, 20a (citation omitted). The question presented is: Whether the FAA requires courts to enforce agreements for individualized arbitration of claims under ERISA Section 502(a)(2), 29 U.S.C. 1132(a)(2).