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Supreme Court Clarifies Arbitration Clauses: Key Takeaways for Companies

Womble Bond Dickinson on 7/24/2024

Recent decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court in Smith v. Spizzirri, 601 U.S. 472 (2024) and Coinbase, Inc. v. Suski, 144 S. Ct. 1186 (2024) provide important guidance for companies utilizing arbitration clauses in their...more

Litigation Byte (June Edition)

McGlinchey Stafford on 7/16/2024

The Litigation Byte is the new name and format for McGlinchey’s Commercial Law Bulletin. Our new format reflects McGlinchey’s national coverage and our expanded footprint while still serving up the digestible, insightful...more

Conflict of Contracts: SCOTUS Backs Courts Rather Than Arbitrators to Resolve

Carlton Fields on 6/6/2024

With its recent decision in Coinbase Inc. v. Suski, the U.S. Supreme Court held that when parties have agreed to two separate contracts, one sending arbitrability disputes to arbitration and the other sending arbitrability...more

Classified Monthly: A Roundup of Class Action Decisions From Federal Appellate Courts – January 2024

Carlton Fields on 2/26/2024

The Roundup is a monthly publication that covers the previous month’s notable class action decisions from federal appellate courts, as well as notable Supreme Court cert petitions related to class actions....more

Mass Arbitration: AAA Looks to Reign in Administrative Costs

McGlinchey Stafford on 2/6/2024

Mass arbitration is a recent phenomenon created by enterprising plaintiffs as a direct result of a string of Supreme Court decisions that endorsed the use of class action waivers in arbitration agreements and precluded...more

SCOTUS to Weigh Whether a Court or Arbitrator Should Decide if a Subsequent Agreement Narrows a Preceding Arbitration Agreement...

Fenwick & West LLP on 11/14/2023

The United States Supreme Court recently granted a petition for certiorari to review a Ninth Circuit decision and resolve the issue of whether, when parties enter into an arbitration agreement with a delegation clause, the...more

SCOTUS Removes Burden Handicapping Appeals Seeking Arbitration

Carlton Fields on 10/9/2023

The U.S. Supreme Court’s June 2023 decision in Coinbase Inc. v. Bielski requires that district court litigation in any matter remain in the starting gate while any appeal from a denial of a motion to compel arbitration in...more

California Supreme Court Limits Utility of Arbitration Agreements for PAGA Claims

Perkins Coie on 7/21/2023

California’s Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) authorizes current and former employees to bring a representative action for civil penalties on behalf of the state against an employer for Labor Code violations committed...more

California Supreme Court Averts SCOTUS Viking River Decision, Allowing Litigation of PAGA Claims Despite Arbitration Agreement

Stokes Wagner on 7/21/2023

Last year, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an employer-friendly decision in Viking River Cruises v. Moriana. There, it held that the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) preempts the California Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA)...more

California Supreme Court Rules Employees Can Pursue PAGA Claims on Behalf of Other Aggrieved Employees in Court Despite...

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 7/20/2023

On July 17, 2023, the California Supreme Court ruled that where an employee has brought a California Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) action that is comprised of both individual and non-individual claims, a court order...more

Recent Developments Since the Viking River Cruises Decision: 5 Key Things California Employers Need To Know

Meyers Nave on 7/12/2023

What Happens to the “Non-individual” PAGA Claims Now that Viking River Cruises Compels Arbitration of the “Individual” PAGA Claim? The U.S. Supreme Court’s 2022 decision in Viking River Cruises v. Moriana was widely seen...more

SCOTUS Rules that Litigation Must Cease While Question of Arbitrability is on Appeal

Harris Beach PLLC on 6/30/2023

In a decision with implications nationwide, the Supreme Court of the United States recently ruled that, under the Federal Arbitration Act — the principal federal statute that governs judicial enforcement of arbitration...more

SCOTUS Ruling Protects Top 3 Benefits of Arbitration: Key Takeaways for Employers

Fisher Phillips on 6/26/2023

Employers seeking to move workplace claims from the courthouse to arbitration received some good news Friday from the U.S. Supreme Court. If a trial court denies a party’s request to compel arbitration, the court must pause...more

SCOTUS Predictions: Divided Court Will Reach Close Decision in Critical Arbitration Case

Fisher Phillips on 5/15/2023

Employers that face lawsuits from employees often seek to move such claims from the courthouse to arbitration. But what happens if the trial court refuses to compel arbitration and the employer appeals the decision? Should...more

U.S. Supreme Court to Decide Whether Appeal of Denial of Motion to Compel Arbitration Stays Litigation

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 12/15/2022

The U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether the appeal of a denial of a motion to compel arbitration mandates that the district court stay litigation pending appeal or permits the district court to decide on a case-by-case...more

[Podcast] Viking River Cruises: The Future of PAGA Arbitration

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 7/20/2022

In this episode, Akin Gump Supreme Court and appellate practice senior counsel Aileen McGrath and labor and employment counsel Jonathan Slowik discuss California’s Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) and the significance of...more

Use It or Lose It: Supreme Court Says Arbitration Clauses Can Be Waived Inadvertently

Amundsen Davis LLC on 7/12/2022

As litigation costs continue to explode, more and more businesses have been including arbitration clauses in contracts with employees and customers. These clauses, which frequently include class action waivers, allow...more

Supreme Court Upholds Representative Action Waivers In Employee Arbitration Agreements

Jones Day on 6/29/2022

Case Overview - On June 15, 2022, the United States Supreme Court issued its decision in Viking River Cruises, Inc. v. Moriana, No. 20-1573. The Court held that the rule from Iskanian v. CLS Transportation Los Angeles,...more

Class Action Trends Report June 2022

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 6/29/2022

In this issue of the Class Action Trends Report, Jackson Lewis attorneys discuss recent developments in arbitration and their impact on employment class actions. These include the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault...more

The U.S. Supreme Court Says PAGA Representative Action Waivers Are Enforceable After All

Proskauer - California Employment Law on 6/24/2022

On June 15, 2022, in Viking River Cruises, Inc. v. Moriana, Case No. 20-1573,_ U.S. _ (2022), by an 8-1 majority, the U.S. States Supreme Court held that the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”) preempts the California Supreme...more

#WorkforceWednesday: SCOTUS Rules on PAGA, Fifth Circuit Rules on COVID-19 Under WARN, Illinois Expands Bereavement Leave -...

Epstein Becker & Green on 6/22/2022

This week, we look at two significant court decisions for employers and bring you a practical update on new bereavement leave rules in Illinois. SCOTUS: FAA Preempts California’s PAGA Loophole Last week, the U.S. Supreme...more

Are Arbitration Agreements Mounting a Comeback in California?

Amundsen Davis LLC on 6/21/2022

On June 15, 2022, the United States Supreme Court held that the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) partially preempts a rule of California law that invalidates contractual waivers of the right to assert representative claims under...more

Use It or Lose It: Supreme Court Rules Against Special Rules Favoring Arbitration When Deciding Waiver of That Right

Stark & Stark on 6/20/2022

On May 23, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court, in a unanimous decision, decided Morgan v. Sundance, Inc., No. 21-328, in favor of an employee who sued her employer, a Taco Bell franchisee, for wage theft. The Court concluded that...more

Supreme Court Rules California Employee Is Bound By Arbitration Agreement She Signed and Thus, Lacks Standing to Bring...

Stokes Wagner on 6/20/2022

On May 15, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court issued the much-anticipated and employer-favorable ruling in Viking River Cruises v. Moriana, holding, in an 8-1 decision, that the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) preempts the California...more

SCOTUS Invalidates CA Law Preventing Arbitration of Individual PAGA Claims When a Valid Arbitration Agreement Exists

Troutman Pepper on 6/20/2022

In its 12th case regarding arbitration in the last five years, the Roberts court fascination with the dispute resolution method continues. In the second of two decisions regarding arbitration this week, the Court...more

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