The third and final group of national reports on the Right to a Physical Hearing Project has been published. Reports...
In 2006, Goldgroup and DynaResource entered into a contract relating to a gold mining operation in Mexico, which contained a...
The United States Supreme Court granted certiorari in Badgerow v. Walters, No. 20-1143 on May 17, 2021. The question presented is...
Plaintiff A Better Way Wholesale Autos Inc. filed an application in Connecticut state court seeking to vacate an arbitration award...
Hale v. Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC, No. 20-33412 (6th Cir. Dec. 15, 2020) [click for opinion] Dissatisfied with several...
The London Court of International Arbitration (the LCIA) has released its Casework Report for 2020. The statistics in the Report...
As the U.S. Supreme Court currently considers the issue of whether a private international arbitration constitutes a “foreign or international...
Since 1 February 2000, enforcement of arbitral awards between the Mainland and Hong Kong has been governed by a separate...
The Supreme Court recently granted cert to address the issue of whether federal courts have subject-matter jurisdiction to confirm or...
Class actions plaintiffs and state enforcers have tried to use state price-gouging laws to hold online retailers accountable for prices...
Vital Pharmaceuticals, d/b/a VPX Sports v. Pepsico, Inc., No. 20-CIV-62415-RAR (S.D. Fla. Dec. 21, 2020) [click for opinion] In March...
Arbitration clauses are extremely common in employment contracts. But, despite the Supreme Court’s consistent pronouncements that arbitration agreements should be...
In 2014, Plaintiff TVL International, LLC (“TVL”), a Delaware corporation, and Defendants Zheijiang Shenghui Lighting Co., Ltd. (“Zheijiang”), a Chinese...
Israel’s Ministry of Justice recently put forth a bill for the “International Commercial Arbitration Law,” as part of which Israel...
Independence Day 2021 will be ushered in with a bang for FINRA Dispute Resolution Services (“DRS”) constituents yearning for a...
Two former Aon employees sued Aon, claiming restrictive covenants in agreements they entered into with the company were void, illegal,...
An employee of a Louisiana financial service company who lost in an employment-related arbitration is asking the U.S. Supreme Court...
The First Circuit Court of Appeals recently concluded that an app user had sufficient notice of and was bound by...
Settling a much-litigated issue, the Supreme Court of India recently decided that two Indian parties can choose a foreign (non-Indian)...
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals recently affirmed a decision confirming a decision by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)...
A Florida appellate court held that plaintiff was required to arbitrate her claims against the attorney and her law firm...
It is hornbook law that the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”) enforces pre-dispute arbitration agreements involving just a hint of interstate commerce. Section...
Last week, FINRA issued Regulatory Notice 21-16 cautioning member firms against attempting to limit customer claims through language in mandatory...
Section 1219 of the Disaster Recovery Reform Act of 2018 (DRRA) permits FEMA Public Assistance applicants to pursue binding arbitration...
After an arbitration resulted in an award that included more than $650,000 in attorneys’ fees, the liable party filed a...
In review of the 2020 statistics from various arbitral institutions, the clear message is that international businesses have had a...
Uber Technologies Inc. failed to block a driver in California from suing in court on behalf of the state over...
Another proposed class action against Amazon.com Inc. has fallen to the terms of use that consumers agree to with each...
The Sixth Circuit recently reversed a district court’s decision to award attorneys’ fees after the Circuit concluded that the claim...
Some employers concerned about the risks and expenses that accompany employment litigation instead require their workers to agree to mandatory...