As we reported in this space late last year, the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion, 131 S.Ct. 1740, 1745 (2011), tilted the scales toward federal power in the field of arbitration, preempting...more
10/19/2015
/ Arbitration ,
Arbitration Agreements ,
AT&T Mobility ,
AT&T Mobility v Concepcion ,
Bad Faith ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Federal Arbitration Act ,
Insurance Industry ,
Insurance Litigation ,
Insurance Regulations ,
McCarran-Ferguson Act ,
Preemption ,
SCOTUS
There have been a number of recent court opinions enforcing class arbitration waivers, compelling individual arbitration and denying class arbitration, with the lone exception being a California Court of Appeal opinion which,...more