This article was first published on the Securities Arbitration Alert blog, here. A U.S. Court of Appeals holds that the...
By Harry JacobowitzThis article was first published on the Securities Arbitration Alert blog, here. A divided Ninth Circuit Panel holds that California’s...
By George FriedmanIntroduction and Unanswered Questions Airplane cargo loaders and ramp supervisors are now able to bring a claim for overtime...
By Brittany MunnThis article was first published on the Arbitration Matters blog, here. In Goberdhan v Knights of Columbus, 2022 ONSC 3788, Justice...
By Lisa C. MunroThis article was first published on the Cooley LLP Blog, here. Mass arbitration is a recent trend where companies are...
By Marc Suskin, Rachel ThornIntroduction As our readers know, the Supreme Court just concluded a very busy Term that included an unprecedented five arbitration-centric...
By George FriedmanThis article was first published in CPR Speaks, The Blog of the CPR Institute, here. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled...
By Arjan Bir Singh Sodhi, Russ BleemerThere has been a lot of recent legislative action aimed at reining in forced arbitration clauses in consumer and employee...
By Brittany Munn, Colin RuleThe United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Viking River Cruises, Inc. v. Moriana, No. 20-1573, on March 30,...
By Imre SzalaiJust a few weeks ago, on March 3, 2022, President Joe Biden signed into law a bill that amends the...
By Brittany Munn, Colin RuleThis article was first published on the Littler® Insight Blog (Link here) and is reprinted here with permission. In Unifor Local...
By Rhonda B. Levy, Barry KuretzkyPresident Biden on March 3 signed into law the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act. It became effective...
By George FriedmanThis article first appeared on Engage Blog by Hogan Lovells, here. President Biden is expected to sign into law legislation...
By Ches GarrisonThere has been a great deal of discussion lately about nondisclosure agreements (NDAs) in arbitration. The problem is that the...
By Amy SchmitzIn 1925, the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”) was enacted to ensure the validity and enforcement of arbitration agreements due to...
By Brittany MunnThis article was originally published in the ARIAS·U.S. Quarterly, Q3, 2021 and is republished here with permission. A. Overview The...
By Edward LenciThis article first appeared on the Securities Arbitration Alert, here. A split Ninth Circuit has finally ruled on the validity...
By George FriedmanIn the U.S. Congress’ latest proposal to strike against arbitration, Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler and Labor Committee Chairman Robert...
By John Schaffer, Marla PresleyThis article first appeared on Securities Arbitration Alert, here. In what we are certain is a reaction to a flurry...
By George FriedmanThis article was first published on the Employment Class Action Blog here. In a published June 22 opinion, the Eleventh...
By John LewisThis article first appeared on the Davis Wright Tremaine LLP blog, here. A recent California Court of Appeal decision (Bannister...
By Crystal Miller-O'Brien, Beatrice Nuñez-BellamyThis 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. YoungThis article first appeared on Securities Arbitration Alert (SAA), here. This is less a letter from the editor and more...
By George FriedmanThis article first appeared in the Securities Arbitration Alert Blog, here. AAA Award Data is updated quarterly by the American...
By George FriedmanThis article first appeared on Ogletree Deakins insights, here. Mandatory arbitration clauses for employment disputes have received a great deal...
By Rachel Mandel, Laurielle Howe“American exceptionalism” has been used to reference the United States’ outlier policies in various contexts, including its love for litigation. ...
By Amy SchmitzThis 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 ShalesThis article first appeared on the Securities Arbitration Alert Blog, here. The Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) has released a Report...
By George FriedmanThis article first appeared on Globar Arbitration News, Baker McKenzie, here. Brown v. TGS Management Co., 57 Cal. App. 5th...
By Jacob Kaplan, Michael HidalgoThis article first appeared on Urbas Arbitral, here. In Syndicat des employés du CISSSMO, section locale 3247 v. Murray, 2021 QCCS...
By Daniel Urbas