Per Curiam
Ernst and Young (E&Y) sought to dismiss or stay a putative class action and compel arbitration. The action was brought by its former employee on behalf of herself and others similarly situated to recover overtime wages. District court denied E&Y's motion to compel arbitration because it found the underlying class-action waiver provision in the arbitration agreement between E&Y and the former employee unenforceable pursuant to In re American Express Merchants' Litigation (Amex I). However, Second Circuit noted that Amex I and subsequent decisions in this circuit were no longer good law in light of the Supreme Court's recent decision in American Express v. Italian Colors Restaurant (Italian Colors). This decision held that plaintiffs could not invalidate a waiver of class arbitration under the "effective vindication doctrine" by showing that "they ha[d] no economic incentive to pursue their antitrust claims individually in arbitration." Applying Italian Colors to the instant case compelled the conclusion that the former employee's class action waiver was not rendered invalid by virtue of the fact that her claim was not economically worth pursuing individually. Thus, the district court's decision was reversed, and the case was remanded.
