Professor Robin Kar joined a group of contract law professors in filing an amicus brief at the Supreme Court in the case Lamps Plus Inc. v. Varela.

The issue at hand is whether the Federal Arbitration Act forecloses a state-law interpretation of an arbitration agreement that would authorize class arbitration based solely on general language commonly used in arbitration agreements. 

The brief, in support of Varela, seeks to "clarify for the Court the role of state contract law rules of interpretation in defining the scope and content of parties’ contractual agreement" and suggests that the Court should affirm the judgment of the court of appeals. 

Read the full amicus brief.