Silva v. Schmidt Baking Distribution, LLC

Second Circuit vacates order compelling arbitration, holding that distribution agreements signed by single-employee business entities created at employer’s insistence are “contracts of employment” covered by the Federal Arbitration Act’s exemption for transportation workers engaged in interstate commerce

December 22, 2025

U.S. Chamber files coalition amicus brief urging Second Circuit to hold that distribution contracts between business entities do not fall within the Federal Arbitration Act’s transportation-worker exemption

May 19, 2025