2nd Circuit: Courts Can’t Decide Arbitral Fee Disputes In Laid-Off Workers’ Case

( September 9, 2025, 1:07 PM EDT) -- NEW YORK — A Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled that Twitter Inc.’s refusal to pay ongoing fees during individual arbitration proceedings with several laid-off employees after a dispute “is a procedural issue entrusted to the arbitrator or arbitral body — not the court — for resolution within that proceeding” and not construed as a failure to arbitrate pursuant to the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) in reversing and remanding a New York federal judge’s order....