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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 -
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Can You Keep Up? Emergence of CFPB and Significant Developments Transform Consumer Finance Landscape

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In the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, Congress passed significant financial system reform legislation, the Dodd-Frank Act, which created a new regulator of financial institutions, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau...more

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The Contract Is King: The U.S. Supreme Court’s Two Recent FAA Decisions

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The U.S. Supreme Court addressed contract terms bearing on the availability of class arbitration in two opinions this term. The first, Oxford Health Plans LLC v. Sutter, confirms a district court’s limited power under the...more

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Recent Supreme Court Rulings on Class Actions

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The Supreme Court continued to focus on class action litigation during this term, handing down a number of significant rulings relating to jurisdiction, class certification, and arbitration of putative class claims. The many...more

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Labor Letter, September 2013: Employers Go "Two For Two" – Three Times Over: A Review Of The 2012-13 Supreme Court Term

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Looking back at the recently-completed 2012-2013 Supreme Court term, employers should have reason to feel good about how things turned out. In fact, of the six major decisions that impact employers and can be categorized in...more

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Using Class Action Waivers

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The United States Supreme Court Gives Employers a Tool to Stave Off the Threat of Class Actions and Class Arbitrations - Earlier this year, in the Oxford Health Plans LLC v. Sutter and American Express Co. v. Italian...more

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SuperVision Today - 3rd Quarter 2013

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Notes from the Chair & Executive Editor - Welcome to the third-quarter edition of SuperVision Today, Spilman Thomas & Battle's labor and employment e-newsletter. We are very excited about the recently launched Spilman...more

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International Employment Law Review: August 2013 - Issue 4: Recent Employment Law Developments in the United States

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U.S. Supreme Court Decisions - Court Limits Definition of “Supervisor” Under Federal Anti-Discrimination Law - In Vance v. Ball State University (June 24, 2013), in a 5-4 decision, a majority of the Supreme...more

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Employers Should Reassess Strategy in Light of New Rulings from the Supreme Court

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The Supreme Court of the United States recently issued two landmark rulings affecting the viability of arbitration as an alternative to costly litigation....more

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More Relief For Business: U.S. Supreme Court Continues To Restrict Far-Reaching Claims

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In This Issue: - Comcast Corp v. Behrand - Take-Away from Comcast Corp v. Behrand - Standard Fire Insurance Co. v. Knowles - Take-Away from Standard Fire Insurance Co. v. Knowles Amgen Inc. v. -...more

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A Review Of The Supreme Court’s 2012-2013 Term

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As the United States Supreme Court’s 2012-2013 term drew to a close at the end of June, commentators observed a continuing gradual but perceptible shift to the right by the Court. The Roberts Court is generally viewed as...more

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11th Circuit Affirms Arbitrator’s Class Ruling but Leaves Arbitrability Undecided

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Applying the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Oxford Health Plans v. Sutter, the 11th Circuit affirmed an arbitrator’s conclusion that the parties’ agreement permitted class-wide arbitration....more

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"Business Cases in the US Supreme Court"

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The U.S. Supreme Court recently closed its 2012 term with its usual headline-grabbing flurry of June decisions. Several of those decisions, as well as many more that received less publicity, will affect business interests. In...more

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Is Class Action Arbitration Available Under Agreement Covering Civil Actions?

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In a much-anticipated case the U.S. Supreme Court reached a decidedly unremarkable conclusion on June 10, 2013. The gist of the U.S. Supreme Court's new decision on class action arbitration agreements is old hat - courts may...more

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The U.S. Supreme Court Ended the Term with an Exclamation Mark at the End of Its Statement on Class Actions and Arbitration: The...

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The Supreme Court’s October 2012 Term could rightly be named “The Year of the Class Action.” The High Court received many petitions for review and ultimately issued more than five decisions that tackled issues impacting the...more

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Be Clear: Include Class Arbitration Waivers In Arbitration Clauses

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The Supreme Court of the United States continued its hot streak in the arbitration and class action waiver arena with two recent decisions....more

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Supreme Court resolves circuit split, upholds arbitrator’s determination that parties agreed to submit to class arbitration

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The Supreme Court has issued a decision that resolves a split among the circuit courts and clarifies previous case law that some felt sounded the death knell for class arbitration....more

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Supreme Court Arbitration Jurisprudence—No Class Action If You Say So

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Combining last week’s decision in American Express Co. v. Italian Colors Restaurant with its decision earlier this month in Oxford Health Plans v. Sutter, the Supreme Court’s position now seems clear. If an employer wants to...more

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In Oxford Health, Supreme Court Requires Class-Wide Arbitration of an Individual Claim

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In its recent decision in Oxford Health Plans LLC. v. Sutter, 569 U.S. ____ (2013), the U.S. Supreme Court confirmed that parties to an arbitration agreement still face the risk of class arbitration even if the agreement does...more

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Supreme Court Declines To Overturn Arbitrator’s Decision Permitting Class Arbitration

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In a unanimous decision, the United States Supreme Court once again considered the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA), this time reiterating the FAA's highly deferential standard for judicial review of arbitrator decisions. ...more

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Supreme Court Defers to Arbitrator on Class Arbitration

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On June 10, 2013, the United States Supreme Court unanimously affirmed in Oxford Health Plans v. Sutter an arbitrator's decision to allow class arbitration based on contractual language in a physician's dispute with a health...more

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Oxford Health Plans LLC v. Sutter: You Get What You Bargain For, Including the “Good, Bad, or Ugly”

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Ever have that feeling that your arbitrator just doesn’t understand you? You may be right, but there’s not much you can do about it. A recent unanimous ruling by the United States Supreme Court should encourage employers to...more

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Fenwick Employment Brief - June 2013: U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Classwide Arbitration, Finding Arbitrator “Arguably” (Even if...

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In Oxford Health Plans LLC v. Sutter, the United States Supreme Court affirmed an arbitral decision allowing the plaintiff to proceed with classwide arbitration even in the absence of express language to that effect in the...more

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Narrow Supreme Court Ruling Upholds Arbitrator's Decision that Parties' Agreement Permits Class Arbitration

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In Oxford Health Plans LLC v. Sutter, the United States Supreme Court was asked to determine "whether an arbitrator exceeds his powers under the Federal Arbitration Act by determining that parties affirmatively 'agreed to...more

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SCOTUS Rules: Right or wrong, arbitrator's interpretation stands

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The United States Supreme Court in Oxford Health Plans LLC v. Sutter held that an arbitration agreement in a fee-for-services contract between physicians and a health insurance company required arbitration of a class dispute...more

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Supreme Court Holds That Courts Must Defer To Arbitrator’s Decision To Authorize Class Arbitration

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On June 10, 2013, the United States Supreme Court unanimously held in Oxford Health Plans, LLC v. Sutter that an arbitrator’s decision to authorize class arbitration will not be disturbed under Section 10(a)(4) of the Federal...more

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