According to Thomas F. Bush, a member of the Litigation Practice Group, it is not surprising that the U.S. Supreme Court followed its trend of enforcing arbitration agreements very broadly by deciding to throw out the "wholly groundless" arbitration exception with its opinion in the case Henry Schein, Inc. v. Archer & White Sales, Inc. In his interview with Bloomberg Law about the decision, Mr. Thomas also addressed the style of Justice Brett Kavanaugh in writing the opinion, which is his first on the high court. To read the Bloomberg Law article, "Kavanaugh's First Opinion Ends Arbitration Exception," published Jan. 8, 2019, click here (subscription required).

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