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“Stay Awhile”: Supreme Court Tells District Courts Not to Dismiss Claims Pending Arbitration

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In Smith v. Spizzirri, the Supreme Court unanimously held that federal district courts lack the power to dismiss a case sent to arbitration. Instead, under the Federal Arbitration Act, if a party moves to compel arbitration...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Supreme Court to Review Scope of Arbitration Exclusion for Transportation Workers

The Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) requires state and federal courts to defer to private arbitration agreements entered into between parties, including employers and employees. Employers often use arbitration agreements to...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

US Supreme Court weighs whether discovery should continue pending interlocutory appeal

Last week the US Supreme Court heard arguments regarding whether the interlocutory appeal of a denial of a motion to compel arbitration should also automatically stay proceedings in the trial court such as discovery. The...more

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Supreme Court to Hear Case on Whether Lawsuits are Stayed During Appeal of Denial of Motion to Compel Arbitration

On December 9, 2022, the Supreme Court of the United States granted a petition for certiorari in a case raising the question of whether a non-frivolous appeal to the denial of a motion to compel arbitration strips the...more

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

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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

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U.S. Supreme Court decision has important implications for employers seeking to enforce arbitration agreements

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In the recent case of Morgan v. Sundance, Inc., the U.S. Supreme Court declined to enforce an arbitration provision after the employer delayed too long in moving to compel arbitration. Resolving a split amongst federal courts...more

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Part III: Round 2! BOGO – AlixPartners LLP v The Fund for Protection of Investor Rights in Foreign States

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As noted in our prior posts, the U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear the oral arguments in the case of ZF Automotive US, Inc., et al. v. Luxshare, Ltd. on March 23, 2022. There is also another case, AlixPartners LLP v. The Fund...more

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U.S. Supreme Court to Review Circuit Split Over Scope of 28 U.S.C. § 1782 for Obtaining Discovery in International Arbitrations

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As the popularity and pace of international arbitration has continued to grow, parties engaged in such arbitration outside the United States have increasingly relied on 28 U.S.C. § 1782 (Section 1782) to obtain discovery in...more

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Supreme Court to resolve split on whether 1782 discovery can be used in international commercial arbitrations

The Supreme Court has granted cert over a petition asking the Court to decide whether federal courts may authorize discovery for use in private commercial arbitration abroad. Should the Court do so, its decision will have...more

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Supreme Court to Decide if U.S. Discovery Law Encompasses Private Foreign Arbitrations

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The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to take up a dispute over whether 28 U.S.C. § 1782, which governs applications for discovery from a United States court for use in a foreign proceeding, permits discovery for use in a private...more

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Domestic Discovery for Foreign Arbitrations? – Now It’s the Supreme Court’s Turn

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In two earlier posts, I described the Circuit split over the question of whether a foreign private arbitration panel is a “foreign or international tribunal” for purposes of 28 U.S.C. § 1782. (Read: Domestic Discovery for...more

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Supreme Court Asked to Decide Circuit Split on Allowing US Discovery in Private, International Arbitrations

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On December 7, the Supreme Court received a request to decide whether parties in private, commercial, international arbitrations can avail themselves of 28 U.S.C. § 1782(a) (Section 1782) to obtain discovery through U.S....more

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Top SCOTUS Cases that Matter for Tech, Life Sciences and Games Industries – 2018 Term Preview

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As the U.S. Supreme Court kicks off its 2018 term this week, it prepares to take up a series of firsts, including questions about the America Invents Act, securities fraud and privacy-related class action litigation. At the...more

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Supreme Court Okays Class Action Waivers in Employee Arbitration Agreements

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May a company ask its employees to enter into agreements to arbitrate disputes and that also waive an employee’s ability to bring a class or collective action on behalf of other present or former employees? On May 21, 2018,...more

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Supreme Court Grants Cert. to Determine Who Decides Arbitrability

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On February 26, 2018, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in New Prime, Inc. v. Oliviera, 17-340, a First Circuit case arising from the District of Massachusetts. The case is posed to resolve a split among the circuit courts...more

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New York Appeals Court Holds Class Action Waivers Violate the NLRA While Employers Await Definitive Ruling From Supreme Court

The Supreme Court is set to hear oral argument in October on whether class and collective action waivers are enforceable. While employers await the Supreme Court’s decision, other courts continue to weigh in on the matter....more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Class Warfare: Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Cases on Arbitration Class Action Waivers

The NLRB wants to stop class action waivers in employment arbitration agreements, arguing they violate the National Labor Relations Act. This issue has been raging for several years and divided federal courts. ...more

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Supreme Court Agrees to Rule on Legality of Class Action Waivers

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Seyfarth Synopsis: The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether workplace arbitration agreements containing class and collective action waivers are enforceable under the FAA, notwithstanding the provisions of the NLRA....more

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

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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