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Ninth Circuit Holds Clause Delegating Authority to Decide Arbitrability Is Valid Even If Broader Arbitration Agreement Is Not

Parties to an arbitration agreement sometimes choose to include a delegation clause, which is a provision that delegates to the arbitrator—rather than a court—gateway questions of arbitrability, such as whether the agreement...more

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DCD Compels Arbitration for TCPA Class Action Despite Being Non-Signatory to Agreement

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The District of Massachusetts’s recent decision in Fairfield v. DCD Auto. Holdings, Inc., No. 22-cv-11977, 2023 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 109463 (D. Mass. June 26, 2023) serves as a key reminder for businesses not only to have...more

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Now Say That Five Times Fast! Eleventh Circuit Upholds Arbitration Clause Delegating Adjudication of Threshold Questions of...

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On May 26, 2022, the Eleventh Circuit issued an opinion reversing the Southern District of Florida’s denial of the appellant’s motion to compel arbitration, therein finding that the district court erred in failing to apply...more

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California Appellate Court Holds Arbitration Agreement and Delegation Clause Unenforceable for Failure to File with State...

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The California Court of Appeals became the latest court to determine that a common arbitration agreement related to the EquityComp workers’ compensation insurance program and accompanying reinsurance agreements is...more

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Court Upholds Decision Rendering Insurance Arbitration Provision and Delegation Clause Unenforceable for Failure to File Them with...

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In a dispute between Low Desert Empire Pizza (Desert Pizza) and its insurers over alleged mismanagement of claims and unjustifiable cost increases related to a workers’ compensation insurance program, a California appellate...more

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When Can Employee Policies Be Amended?

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Thinking about changing an employee policy in Texas? Kubala v. Supreme Production Services, Inc. says you can do it (almost) whenever you want. Want to make employees arbitrate their disputes? You can do that too....more

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