Jo Bennett and Samantha Banks published an article, "Crucial Labor and Employment Issues on the Line in Landmark U.S. Supreme Court Case," in MBA Insights, the weekly news magazine of the Mortgage Bankers Association. Schnader filed an amicus brief in this case on behalf of the Mortgage Bankers Association and State Mortgage Lending Associations.

"The U.S. Supreme Court will soon decide an employment case with far-reaching implications for employers in the mortgage banking industry and many other fields. In the case of Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis, the Supreme Court is expected to decide whether it is legal for employment contracts to bar employees from collective legal action under the Federal Arbitration Act, or whether requiring individual arbitration in those contracts violates the National Labor Relations Act."

Read the full article online here.

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