Legal updates for: concepcion

by Pepper Hamilton LLP on 5/17/2013

...While pundits complain about the United States Supreme Court’s diminishing docket, one area of law seems to have increased in popularity with the justices: arbitration law, and in particular the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA). Originally Published in For The Defense - May 2013. ... more

by Carlton Fields on 4/29/2013

... Check Advance of Florida, LLC v. Betts, 38 Fla. L. Weekly S223, 2013 WL 1457843 (Fla. April 11, 2013), it is now clear that Concepcion applies to class action waivers in arbitration agreements. In April 2011, the United States Supreme Court in AT&T Mobil... more

by Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 4/25/2013

...Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision favoring arbitration clauses in AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held in Kilgore v. KeyBank, N.A. that the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”) pr... more

by Pullman & Comley, LLC on 4/23/2013

...cisions limiting class actions (see Comcast Corp v. Behrand case) and enforcing arbitration provisions (see AT&T v. Concepcion line of cases), it demonstrates how the court system is grappling with an increasing number of wage & hour claims that t... more

by BakerHostetler on 4/19/2013

...riminatory pay and promotion policy to proceed with an employment discrimination class action), and AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion, 131 S. Ct. 1740 (2011) (enforcing AT&T’s individual claim dispute arbitration procedures in lieu of class actions... more

by Ballard Spahr LLP on 4/18/2013

... a decision that has broad implications beyond its labor law context, the U.S. Supreme Court held on April 16, 2013, that an employee plaintiff in a collective action whose individual claim was mooted by her employer’s offer of judgment had “no personal interest in representing putative, unnamed claimants, nor any other continuing... more

by Ballard Spahr LLP on 4/16/2013

...yed by a Ninth Circuit opinion issued on April 11, 2013, that underscores the dramatic impact that AT&T Mobility, LLC v. Concepcion has had on the enforcement of consumer arbitration agreements containing class action waivers. ... more

by Hartnett, Smith & Paetkau on 4/11/2013

...plied only to claims arising under Massachusetts anti-discrimination laws. Bingham also argued that AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion, 131 S. Ct. 1740 ( (2011), abrogated Warfield because its “clear and unmistakable” test offended the str... more