March 16, 2026
A Pepsi distributor cannot be forced by a federal court to pay arbitration costs in a misclassification dispute with the company, a New York federal magistrate judge ruled Monday, finding that the fee dispute must instead be resolved within the arbitration itself.
May 19, 2025
A Pepsi distributor told a New York federal court that forcing him to pay arbitration-related costs in a wage case against the company would undermine federal and state wage laws' protective purposes, urging the court to deny the company's request to enforce the terms of the arbitration pact.
October 24, 2023
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to hear a case this term exploring whether a worker is exempt from federal arbitration law by virtue of their role in transportation is poised to make an impact on employment litigation already in the judicial pipeline, months before the justices issue their opinion. Here, Law360 reviews four cases that could soon see an impact.
October 05, 2023
A New York federal court should hit pause on an independent contractor misclassification suit that it had ruled Pepsi could push into arbitration, a group of distributors said, because the case is similar to one the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to address.