Interpretation of the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) has been the topic of both recent and pending cases on the Supreme Court's docket. On May 21, 2018, the Court ruled in Epic Systems v. Lewis, 138 S. Ct. 1612, that companies can prohibit workers from using class-action litigation to resolve workplace disputes, where individual arbitration clauses are contained with the underlying agreements. In the upcoming term, the Court will consider two additional cases. On October 3, 2018, oral argument will be held in New Prime Inc. v. Oliveira, No. 17-340, addressing: (1) whether a court or an arbitrator must determine the applicability of Section 1 of the FAA, which applies only to "contracts of employment;" and (2) whether this section would apply to independent contractor agreements. On October 29, 2018, oral argument will be held in the case of Lamps Plus, Inc. v. Varela, No. 17-988, as to whether the FAA precludes a state-law interpretation of an arbitration agreement that would authorize class arbitration based solely on general language commonly used in arbitration agreements. Given that business lawyers are the ones who both craft and litigate arbitration agreements, the ongoing analysis by the Supreme Court of these agreements should be closely followed in order to stay abreast of this developing and changing area of law.