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The Federal Arbitration Act is a United States federal statute enacted in 1925 that governs arbitration in contracts implicating interstate commerce. The Act applies in both federal and state courts. 
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You’ll Have to Say It If You Mean It: Supreme Court Holds That Agreement to Permit “Class Arbitration” Must Be Express and...

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Predictably, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in Lamps Plus, Inc. v. Varela, No. 17-988, 2019 U.S. LEXIS 2943 (U.S. April 24, 2019), that, under the Federal Arbitration Act, neither silence nor “ambiguity” in an arbitration...more

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Lights out for class arbitration – Lamps Plus holds that class arbitration cannot be read into ambiguous arbitration clauses

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Consistent with prior US Supreme Court opinions, the Supreme Court held on April 24, 2019, that contractual ambiguity regarding class arbitration may not be construed against the drafter because of Federal Arbitration Act...more

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US Supreme Court Clarifies Language Triggering Class-wide Arbitration

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A majority of the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Federal Arbitration Act ("FAA") bars class arbitration actions when the agreement is ambiguous about the availability of such arbitration. The opinion strengthens protections...more

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Shedding Some Light: SCOTUS Grants Cert. in Lamps Plus to Answer Question on State-Law Contract Interpretation and Class...

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In Stolt-Nielsen S.A. v. AnimalFeeds International Corp., the U.S. Supreme Court held that “a party may not be compelled” under the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”) “to submit to class arbitration unless there is a contractual...more

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Class Action Report: 2010-2015

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Over the last decade, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a string of opinions with profound implications for the enforceability of arbitration provisions and class action waivers in consumer contracts. These decisions, the most...more

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Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals Decision another Victory For Employers Seeking to Avoid Class Actions

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Just last week Mintz Levin presented a webinar on how employers can use arbitration agreements as a tool to avoid exposure to wage and hour and other class actions. The thesis of the webinar was that recent Supreme Court and...more

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US Supreme Court Defers to Arbitrator’s Decision to Allow Class Arbitration in Healthcare Action

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The US Supreme Court affirmed a ruling by the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit upholding an arbitrator’s decision that a contract provided for class arbitration. The Court held that where parties consent to arbitrate...more

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Legal Alert: Arbitration and Class Action Waiver Issues Again Before the Supreme Court

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The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument yesterday in the first of two cases to be argued this term again raising questions regarding the enforceability of arbitration agreements and class action waivers. These cases...more

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