Tag: Consumer Arbitration

First Monday in October: Some Arbitration-Centric Cases Worth Following author.

First Monday in October: Some Arbitration-Centric Cases Worth Following

This article first appeared on the Securities Arbitration Alert Blog, here. The Supreme Court was back in session on October...

By George Friedman
Arbitration Conversation No. 86: Travis Lenkner, Managing Partner of Keller Lenkner LLC., The Attorney Who Took On Amazon author.

Arbitration Conversation No. 86: Travis Lenkner, Managing Partner of Keller Lenkner LLC., The Attorney Who Took On Amazon

In this episode of the Arbitration Conversation Amy interviews Travis Lenkner, Managing Partner of Keller Lenkner LLC. Travis has previous...

By Travis Lenkner, Amy Schmitz
Fifth Circuit: FAA Section 1 Does Not Exempt Local Delivery Drivers author.

Fifth Circuit: FAA Section 1 Does Not Exempt Local Delivery Drivers

This article first appeared on the Securities Arbitration Alert Blog, here. Houston area delivery drivers who generally did not cross...

By George Friedman
More on Amended AAA Commercial Rules author.

More on Amended AAA Commercial Rules

This article first appeared on the Securities Arbitration Alert Blog, here. Just as we were putting SAA 2022-33 (Sep. 1)...

By George Friedman
California AB-51 Update: Ninth Circuit Panel Declares A “Do-Over” author.

California AB-51 Update: Ninth Circuit Panel Declares A “Do-Over”

This article first appeared on the Securities Arbitration Alert Blog, here. The split Ninth Circuit Panel that had ruled a...

By George Friedman
FINRA DRS Posts Stats Through June: Customer and Industry Arbitration Claims Are Down at the Half-way Mark. Mediation Filings Are Still Strong But Are Slowing Down author.

FINRA DRS Posts Stats Through June: Customer and Industry Arbitration Claims Are Down at the Half-way Mark. Mediation Filings Are Still Strong But Are Slowing Down

This article first appeared on the Securities Arbitration Alert Blog, here. FINRA Dispute Resolution Services (“DRS”) has posted case statistics...

By George Friedman
How Companies Can Hedge Risk of Mass Arbitration author.

How Companies Can Hedge Risk of Mass Arbitration

This article was first published on the Cooley LLP Blog, here. Mass arbitration is a recent trend where companies are...

By Marc Suskin, Rachel Thorn
The SCOTUS “Arbitration Quartet” – What You Need to Know author.

The SCOTUS “Arbitration Quartet” – What You Need to Know

Introduction As our readers know, the Supreme Court just concluded a very busy Term that included an unprecedented five arbitration-centric...

By George Friedman
Arbitration Tips-N-Tools (TNT): Round 25 author.

Arbitration Tips-N-Tools (TNT): Round 25

In this round of Arbitration Tips-N-Tools, Professor Amy Schmitz asks some of the leading arbitration practitioners about making online arbitration...

By Oladeji Tiamiyu, Myriam Seers, Olof Heggemann, Amy Schmitz
Arbitration Tips-N-Tools (TNT): Round 24 author.

Arbitration Tips-N-Tools (TNT): Round 24

In this round of Arbitration Tips-N-Tools, Professor Amy Schmitz asks some of the leading arbitration practitioners about when an online...

By Olof Heggemann, Oladeji Tiamiyu, Myriam Seers, Amy Schmitz
Arbitration Tips-N-Tools (TNT): Round 23 author.

Arbitration Tips-N-Tools (TNT): Round 23

In this round of Arbitration Tips-N-Tools, Professor Amy Schmitz asks some of the leading arbitration practitioners about advice for attorneys...

By Myriam Seers, Olof Heggemann, Oladeji Tiamiyu, Amy Schmitz
Arbitration Tips-N-Tools (TNT): Round 22 author.

Arbitration Tips-N-Tools (TNT): Round 22

In this round of Arbitration Tips-N-Tools, Professor Amy Schmitz asks some of the leading arbitration practitioners about building rapport with...

By Oladeji Tiamiyu, Myriam Seers, Olof Heggemann, Amy Schmitz
Arbitration Conversation  No. 71: Ashley Rafael, General Counsel, Midway Moving & Storage, Inc. author.

Arbitration Conversation No. 71: Ashley Rafael, General Counsel, Midway Moving & Storage, Inc.

In this episode of the Arbitration Conversation Amy interviews Ashley Rafael, General Counsel, Midway Moving & Storage, Inc. Ashley is...

By Ashley Rafael, Amy Schmitz
Arbitration Tips-N-Tools (TNT): Round 21 author.

Arbitration Tips-N-Tools (TNT): Round 21

In this round of Arbitration Tips-N-Tools, Professor Amy Schmitz asks some of the leading arbitration practitioners about making online arbitration...

By Olof Heggemann, Oladeji Tiamiyu, Myriam Seers, Amy Schmitz
Practicalities of Privacy and Secrecy in Arbitration author.

Practicalities of Privacy and Secrecy in Arbitration

There has been a great deal of discussion lately about nondisclosure agreements (NDAs) in arbitration. The problem is that the...

By Amy Schmitz
In Case You Missed Them, Here Are the Top 10 Highlights of Arbitration in 2021 author.

In Case You Missed Them, Here Are the Top 10 Highlights of Arbitration in 2021

In case you missed them, here are the Top 10 Highlights of Arbitration in 2021 to look back on as...

By Amy Schmitz
Déséquilibre and Arbitration Clauses in Subway Franchise Contracts in France author.

Déséquilibre and Arbitration Clauses in Subway Franchise Contracts in France

The presence of arbitration clauses in franchise contracts is not a novelty[1]– on the contrary, it is a practice being...

By Leonardo de Oliveira, Clotilde Jourdain-Fortier
Arbitration Tips-N-Tools (TNT): Round 20 author.

Arbitration Tips-N-Tools (TNT): Round 20

In this round of Arbitration Tips-N-Tools, Professor Amy Schmitz asks some of the leading arbitration practitioners about the growing interest...

By Imre Szalai, Steven Shapiro, Erin Archerd, Amy Schmitz
Arbitration Tips-N-Tools (TNT): Round 19 author.

Arbitration Tips-N-Tools (TNT): Round 19

In this round of Arbitration Tips-N-Tools, Professor Amy Schmitz asks some of the leading arbitration practitioners about the biggest pitfalls...

By Steven Shapiro, Imre Szalai, Erin Archerd, Amy Schmitz
Invoking a Policy’s Arbitral Provisions that Fall Under the New York or Panama Convention when a Third Party Sues the Insurer author.

Invoking a Policy’s Arbitral Provisions that Fall Under the New York or Panama Convention when a Third Party Sues the Insurer

This article was originally published in the ARIAS·U.S. Quarterly, Q3, 2021 and is republished here with permission. A.        Overview The...

By Edward Lenci
AAA Promulgates New Supplementary Procedures for Multiple Case Filings author.

AAA Promulgates New Supplementary Procedures for Multiple Case Filings

This article first appeared on Securities Arbitration Alert, here. In what we are certain is a reaction to a flurry...

By George Friedman
Eleventh Circuit Clears the Road to Arbitration for Last-Mile Drivers author.

Eleventh Circuit Clears the Road to Arbitration for Last-Mile Drivers

This article first appeared on LexBlog.com, here. Seyfarth Synopsis: Though it may sound esoteric, the question of whether “last mile” drivers...

By Lennon B. Haas, Kyle Petersen, Kevin M. Young
Are We Seeing the Start of a Tectonic Shift on Mandatory PDAAs in the Financial Services Field? author.

Are We Seeing the Start of a Tectonic Shift on Mandatory PDAAs in the Financial Services Field?

This article first appeared on Securities Arbitration Alert (SAA), here. This is less a letter from the editor and more...

By George Friedman
AAA Stats, 1st Qtr. 2021: Consumer & Employment Case Information Updates author.

AAA Stats, 1st Qtr. 2021: Consumer & Employment Case Information Updates

This article first appeared in the Securities Arbitration Alert Blog, here. AAA Award Data is updated quarterly by the American...

By George Friedman
Arbitration Conversation No 60: Wendy Gonzales, Founder of Cyberarb author.

Arbitration Conversation No 60: Wendy Gonzales, Founder of Cyberarb

In this episode of the Arbitration Conversation Amy interviews Wendy Gonzales, Founder of Cyberarb (the Initiative for Cybersecurity in International...

By Wendy Gonzales, Amy Schmitz
Facebook’s Oversight Board, Trump, and Arbitration author.

Facebook’s Oversight Board, Trump, and Arbitration

This article first appeared on the Arbitration USA Blog, here. Earlier today, Facebook’s Oversight Board issued its decision regarding Donald Trump’s suspension...

By Imre Szalai
Reminder Of American Exceptionalism In Consumer Arbitration author.

Reminder Of American Exceptionalism In Consumer Arbitration

“American exceptionalism” has been used to reference the United States’ outlier policies in various contexts, including its love for litigation. ...

By Amy Schmitz
Supreme Court of Canada finds Uber Arbitration Clause is Unconscionable author.

Supreme Court of Canada finds Uber Arbitration Clause is Unconscionable

This article first appeared on Global Arbitration News by Baker McKenzie, here. In Uber Technologies Inc. v. Heller, 2020 SCC 16 (“Uber v....

By Christina Doria, Brittany Shales
GAO Report Says Arbitration Has Impacted Servicemember Rights, But to what Extent is Unclear author.

GAO Report Says Arbitration Has Impacted Servicemember Rights, But to what Extent is Unclear

This article first appeared on the Securities Arbitration Alert Blog, here. The Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) has released a Report...

By George Friedman
FINRA Posts Dispute Resolution Stats Through February: A Decent Month After a Rough Start to the Year author.

FINRA Posts Dispute Resolution Stats Through February: A Decent Month After a Rough Start to the Year

This article first appeared on the Securities Arbitration Alert (SAA) Blog, here. FINRA Dispute Resolution Services (“DRS”) posted case statistics through February...

By George Friedman

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