Lyft Asks U.S. High Court To Decide Application Of Viking River In Calif. Cases

(May 29, 2024, 1:18 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Since Viking River Cruises, Inc. v. Moriana was decided in 2022, California courts have violated the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) and the U.S. Supreme Court’s application of the FAA in Viking River by allowing non-individual claims under the Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) to be stayed or litigated after arbitration of individual claims has been compelled, Lyft Inc. argues in its reply brief urging the high court to grant its petition for a writ of certiorari filed after a California appellate panel permitted a rideshare driver to proceed with his non-individual PAGA misclassification claims....