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SCOTUS Affirms Arbitrator’s Decision To Allow Class Arbitration In Sutter

The U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in Sutter today, unanimously holding that as long as the arbitrator bases a decision to allow or disallow class arbitration on the text of the parties’ agreement, her “construction...more

6/11/2013 - Arbitration Awards Class Arbitration Federal Arbitration Act Oxford Health v Sutter SCOTUS Sutter

Arbitrator’s Creative IP Remedy Upheld Because It Furthered “General Aims Of Agreement”

In a dispute over whether an arbitrator has authority to grant a video game developer and publisher a perpetual license in the intellectual property as a remedy for the developer’s fraud and breaches of contract, the Fifth...more

4/26/2013 - Arbitration Arbitration Agreements Arbitration Awards Federal Arbitration Act Fraud Remedies Video Games

Ninth Circuit Revives California Law That Allows Plaintiffs Seeking Injunctive Relief To Avoid Arbitration

More than one year ago, a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit determined that California case law, which precluded arbitration of claims asking for public injunctive relief, was preempted by the Federal Arbitration Act. ...more

4/18/2013 - Arbitration Federal Arbitration Act Injunctions Preemption Remedies

SCOTUS Struggles With Standard Of Review For Arbitrator’s Decision To Allow Class Arbitration

While the oral argument before the United States Supreme Court in Sutter today was ostensibly about whether to affirm an arbitrator’s decision that the parties’ contract authorized class arbitration, the decision really turns...more

3/26/2013 - Arbitration Arbitration Agreements Class Action Class Certification Federal Arbitration Act SCOTUS Standard of Review

Seventh Circuit Is Sick Of Arbitration Appeals; Threatens “High Risk Of Sanctions”

In an opinion released yesterday, the Seventh Circuit schooled appellant’s counsel first on the application of the New York Convention and Panama Convention, then on the high standard of review it applies to commercial...more

3/20/2013 - Arbitration Arbitration Awards Federal Arbitration Act Motion to Vacate Sanctions

Contributions To Arbitrator’s Judicial Campaign Are Not Enough To Establish “Evident Partiality”

The Third Circuit refused to vacate an arbitrator’s award, despite allegations that she failed to disclose contributions the defendant’s parent company had made to her judicial campaign and failed to disclose that she...more

3/13/2013 - Arbitration Federal Arbitration Act Impartiality Political Contributions

Any Agreement To Submit Disputes To A Third Party Is An “Arbitration Agreement” Subject To FAA

Did you know that you can form an arbitration agreement without ever using the word “arbitration”? That’s what the Second Circuit held this week in Bakoss v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyds of London, __ F.3d __, 2013 238708...more

1/25/2013 - Arbitration Agreements Federal Arbitration Act

Abstention Trumps Arbitration In Tenth Circuit

The Tenth Circuit this week refused to consider a plaintiff’s substantive arguments about its right to arbitrate because it found abstention was appropriate under the Colorado River doctrine. D.A. Osguthorpe Family P’ship v....more

1/17/2013 - Abstention Arbitration Agreements Dismissals Federal Arbitration Act Motion to Compel Osguthorpe Rooker-Feldman Doctrine Subject Matter Jurisdiction Waivers

2012 In Arbitration Law: Is Class Arbitration Naughty Or Nice?

The big issue in arbitration law in 2012 was class arbitration. Many state court opinions that had found class arbitration waivers unconscionable were preempted under federal law based on application of Concepcion. And the...more

12/21/2012 - Arbitration Arbitration Agreements Class Action Class Action Arbitration Waivers Federal Arbitration Act Preemption SCOTUS Split of Authority Stolt-Nielsen

Preview Of SCOTUS’s 2013 Double-Feature On Class Arbitration

Just last Friday, the Supreme Court agreed to review a second circuit court case that allowed a class action to proceed, despite arguments that the arbitration clause precluded any collective actions. The granting of these...more

12/11/2012 - Arbitration Arbitration Agreements Class Action Federal Arbitration Act SCOTUS

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