This article was first published on the Securities Arbitration Alert blog, here. A divided Ninth Circuit Panel holds that California’s...
By George FriedmanThis article first appeared on the Securities Arbitration Alert Blog, here. The Supreme Court was back in session on October...
By George FriedmanThis article first appeared on the Securities Arbitration Alert Blog, here. Houston area delivery drivers who generally did not cross...
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 first appeared on the Securities Arbitration Alert Blog, here. Just as we were putting SAA 2022-33 (Sep. 1)...
By George FriedmanThis article first appeared on the Securities Arbitration Alert Blog, here. The split Ninth Circuit Panel that had ruled a...
By George FriedmanA Colorado appellate court recently held that arbitrators do not have the inherent power to sanction an attorney personally for...
By Imre SzalaiIntroduction For decades, arbitration practice has been conceptualized as an alternative way to resolve cases, acting much as a court...
By Stephanie Korenman, Aegis FrumentoThis article first appeared on the Securities Arbitration Alert Blog, here. FINRA Dispute Resolution Services (“DRS”) has posted case statistics...
By George FriedmanIntroduction 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 RuleAt her confirmation hearing Justice Kagan noted “So in that sense, we are all originalists.” (U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing,...
By Terry MoritzThe United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Viking River Cruises, Inc. v. Moriana, No. 20-1573, on March 30,...
By Imre SzalaiIntroduction The Supreme Court’s decision in Vaden v. Discover Bank, 556 U.S. 49 (2009), held that district courts can...
By Kristen BlankleyJust a few weeks ago, on March 3, 2022, President Joe Biden signed into law a bill that amends the...
By Brittany Munn, Colin RuleJust as we went to press came word that, based on statutory construction, the Supreme Court has decided Badgerow v. Walters,...
By George FriedmanThe Supreme Court heard oral arguments this week in two of four cases involving arbitration it will review within a...
By George FriedmanJust a reminder that SCOTUS will be hearing oral arguments next week on two cases involving arbitration. We reported in...
By George FriedmanPresident 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 GarrisonJust as we were finalizing the last Alert, we learned that a Georgia Trial Court had vacated a FINRA Award based...
By George FriedmanIn the decision, McDonnel Group, LLC v. Great Lakes Insurance SE, UK Branch. No. 18-30817, 2019 WL 2082905, (5th Cir....
By Brian R. GaudetIn this episode of the Arbitration Conversation, Amy interviews Prof. Imre Szalai of Loyola University New Orleans, a nationally-known scholar...
By Imre Szalai, Amy SchmitzThis article was first published on the Securities Arbitrate Alert, here. In about a month, the Supreme Court has gone...
By George FriedmanThis article first appeared on Securities Arbitration Alert, here. SCOTUS again has eschewed an opportunity to clear up the split...
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 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 in Securities Arbitration Alert, here. Introduction In civil litigation, discovery is the process by which parties...
By Ksenia MatthewsThis article first appeared in the Securities Arbitration Alert Blog. As reported in SAA 2021-19 (May 20), the Supreme Court...
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