News & Analysis as of September 23, 2024

Supreme Court of the United States › Equitable Estoppel

+ Follow

The United States Supreme Court is the highest court of the United States and is charged with interpreting federal law, including the United States Constitution. The Court's docket is largely discretionary with only a limited number of cases granted review each term. The Court is comprised of one chief justice and eight associate justices, who are nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate to hold lifetime positions. less -

Axinn IP Update: Supreme Court Denies Cert. in Skinny Label Case, but the Impacts from GSK v. Teva Continue

Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP on 5/16/2023

Yesterday, the Supreme Court denied certiorari in Teva Pharms. USA, Inc. v. GlaxoSmithKline, LLC, 22-37, locking in the Federal Circuit’s second panel decision (hereafter “GSK v. Teva”), which held that Teva’s attempted...more

Federal Circuit Appeals from the PTAB and ITC: Summaries of Key 2021 Decisions

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. on 2/9/2022

[co-author: Jamie Dohopolski] Last year, the continued global COVID-19 pandemic forced American courts to largely continue the procedures set in place in 2020. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit was no...more

A Review: State-Law Principles Allowing A Nonsignatory To Enforce An Arbitration Provision Against A Signatory May Be Applied To...

Fox Rothschild LLP on 6/15/2021

In cases involving contracts between U.S. companies, courts frequently allow a nonsignatory to a contract to enforce an arbitration provision in the contract against a signatory, when the signatory to the contract relies on...more

The Antecedent Delegation Agreement: “Russian Doll Questions” Concerning a Non-Signatory to an Arbitration Agreement Remain...

Mintz - Arbitration, Mediation, ADR... on 2/23/2021

Recently, the U.S. Supreme Court denied certiorari in Piersing v. Domino’s Pizza Franchising LLC, 20-695 (Jan. 25 2021) and dismissed its own writ of certiorari as “improvidently granted” in Henry Schein, Inc. v. Archer &...more

From the U.S. Supreme Court: The New York Convention Does Not Bar Non-Signatories to an Arbitration Agreement From Compelling...

Snell & Wilmer on 9/25/2020

The U.S. Supreme Court recently addressed whether a non-signatory’s attempt to compel arbitration under an international arbitration agreement using domestic doctrines of equitable estoppel is barred by the Convention on the...more

Arbitrability, Delegation, Carve-outs and Estoppel: SCOTUS Says “Welcome Back, Henry Schein”

Mintz - Arbitration, Mediation, ADR... on 8/31/2020

On June 15, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court welcomed back a familiar case by granting certiorari in Henry Schein, Inc. v. Archer and White Sales, Inc., No. 19-963. SCOTUS itself arguably made the case’s second visit to...more

Enforcement of International Arbitration Agreements: SCOTUS Rules That the New York Convention (and FAA ch. 2) Are Not...

Mintz - Arbitration, Mediation, ADR... on 8/10/2020

When all was said and done, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously on June 1, 2020 in effect that the New York Convention (i.e., the U.N. Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards) and the...more

Looking to Compel Arbitration? Recent Supreme Court Decision Suggests Additional Tools are Available

Shutts & Bowen LLP on 8/6/2020

Sometimes compelling arbitration is simple. If the parties to a dispute signed an agreement to arbitrate, a signatory would normally be able to use that agreement as a basis to move to compel arbitration pursuant to the...more

U.S. Supreme Court Rules That Nonsignatory to International Arbitration Agreement May Compel Arbitration

Miller Canfield on 7/14/2020

Can your business be compelled to defend an international arbitration brought by an entity with whom you never agreed to arbitrate? On June 1, 2020, a unanimous United States Supreme Court answered this question in the...more

Supreme Court Decides No Signature, No Problem

Proskauer - Minding Your Business on 7/7/2020

On June 1, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court delivered a unanimous opinion regarding the relationship between domestic equitable estoppel and the enforcement of arbitration agreements. In GE Energy Power Conversion France SAS,...more

U.S. Supreme Court Holds Equitable Estoppel Can Allow Non-Signatories to Compel Arbitration Under the New York Convention

Carlton Fields on 6/17/2020

The U.S. Supreme Court has held that equitable estoppel doctrines can be invoked by non-signatories seeking to compel arbitration under the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards....more

U.S. Supreme Court: Non-Signatories to an International Contract Might Be Able to Compel Arbitration

Saul Ewing LLP on 6/15/2020

In a unanimous decision, the U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled that a non-signatory to an agreement requiring arbitration for disputes might be able to compel arbitration under state law equitable estoppel arguments. The...more

Supreme Court Opens the Door for Non-Signatories to Enforce Arbitration Agreements, Resolving Circuit Split

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 6/11/2020

On June 1, 2020 the United States Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision in GE Energy Power Conversion Fr. SAS, Corp. v. Outokumpu Stainless USA, LLC, No. 18-1048, 2020 WL 2814297 (U.S. June 1, 2020), holding that the...more

U.S. Supreme Court Holds That Convention On The Recognition And Enforcement Of Foreign Arbitral Awards Does Not Prohibit...

A&O Shearman on 6/10/2020

On June 1, 2020, the United States Supreme Court, in a unanimous decision by Justice Thomas, held that allowing non-signatories to an arbitration agreement to compel arbitration under the Convention on the Recognition and...more

SCOTUS Resolves Circuit Court Split on Whether Non-Parties Can Use Equitable Estoppel to Enforce an International Arbitration...

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 6/9/2020

On June 1, the U.S. Supreme Court in GE Energy Power Conversion France SAS v. Outokumpu Stainless USA, LLC, 590 U.S. ___ (June 1, 2020) unanimously held that a non-party may enforce an international arbitration agreement...more

U.S. Supreme Court Decides Major International Arbitration Case

Jackson Walker on 6/5/2020

For the first time in six years, the U.S. Supreme Court focused its attention upon the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards of 1958, commonly referred to as the “New York Convention,” to...more

Supreme Court Interprets New York Convention To Allow Arbitration Agreement Nonsignatories To Invoke International Arbitration

Troutman Pepper on 6/3/2020

The U.S. Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision on June 1 in GE Energy Power Conversion France SAS, Corp. v. Outokumpu Stainless USA, LLC, holding that, in some circumstances, even nonsignatories to an agreement may invoke...more

U.S. Supreme Court holds New York Convention does not conflict with domestic estoppel doctrines

Locke Lord LLP on 6/3/2020

The international arbitration community has watched the case of GE Energy Power Conversion France SAS, Corp. v. Outokumpu Stainless USA, LLC with great interest. At issue is whether a nonsignatory to an arbitration agreement...more

U.S. Supreme Court Rules That Equitable Estoppel May Be Applied To International Contracts Governed By The New York Convention

Fox Rothschild LLP on 6/3/2020

In cases involving contracts between U.S. companies, courts frequently allow a nonsignatory to a contract to enforce an arbitration provision in the contract against a signatory when the signatory to the contract relies on...more

42 Results

View per page

Page: of 2

Supreme Court of the United States › Equitable Estoppel

Axinn IP Update: Supreme Court Denies Cert. in Skinny Label Case, but the Impacts from GSK v. Teva Continue

Federal Circuit Appeals from the PTAB and ITC: Summaries of Key 2021 Decisions

A Review: State-Law Principles Allowing A Nonsignatory To Enforce An Arbitration Provision Against A Signatory May Be Applied To...

The Antecedent Delegation Agreement: “Russian Doll Questions” Concerning a Non-Signatory to an Arbitration Agreement Remain...

From the U.S. Supreme Court: The New York Convention Does Not Bar Non-Signatories to an Arbitration Agreement From Compelling...

Arbitrability, Delegation, Carve-outs and Estoppel: SCOTUS Says “Welcome Back, Henry Schein”

Enforcement of International Arbitration Agreements: SCOTUS Rules That the New York Convention (and FAA ch. 2) Are Not...

Looking to Compel Arbitration? Recent Supreme Court Decision Suggests Additional Tools are Available

U.S. Supreme Court Rules That Nonsignatory to International Arbitration Agreement May Compel Arbitration

Supreme Court Decides No Signature, No Problem

U.S. Supreme Court Holds Equitable Estoppel Can Allow Non-Signatories to Compel Arbitration Under the New York Convention

U.S. Supreme Court: Non-Signatories to an International Contract Might Be Able to Compel Arbitration

Supreme Court Opens the Door for Non-Signatories to Enforce Arbitration Agreements, Resolving Circuit Split

U.S. Supreme Court Holds That Convention On The Recognition And Enforcement Of Foreign Arbitral Awards Does Not Prohibit...

SCOTUS Resolves Circuit Court Split on Whether Non-Parties Can Use Equitable Estoppel to Enforce an International Arbitration...

U.S. Supreme Court Decides Major International Arbitration Case

Supreme Court Interprets New York Convention To Allow Arbitration Agreement Nonsignatories To Invoke International Arbitration

U.S. Supreme Court holds New York Convention does not conflict with domestic estoppel doctrines

U.S. Supreme Court Rules That Equitable Estoppel May Be Applied To International Contracts Governed By The New York Convention

Supreme Court Decides GE Energy Power Conversion France SAS v. Outokumpu Stainless USA, LLC.

2019-20 Supreme Court Update

Arbitration: The New York Convention vs. U.S. Domestic Law – The Supreme Court Will Consider Reconciliation

Summaries of All Supreme Court and Precedential Federal Circuit Patent Cases Decided Since Jun. 1, 2016

Federal Circuit Review | April 2017

What do Raging Bull and Adult Diapers Have in Common?

Supreme Court of the United States › Equitable Estoppel

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"