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Third-Party Federal Arbitration Act

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Arbitration Compelled, Despite Ambiguous Agreement

And in California, yet! Finally, some good news for employers on the arbitration front. In a recent decision, a California appeals court decision sent a case to binding arbitration, despite clear ambiguities in the...more

King & Spalding

Limitations on Arbitrator Authority to Issue Pre-Hearing, Non-Party Discovery in the Wake of Aixtron

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Third party discovery may be helpful to providers in arbitrations. For example, if a provider is in a dispute with a health plan, if there are questions as to whether the health plan or the medical group has financial...more

Carlton Fields

District Court Enforces Mandatory Arbitration Clause, Despite State Law Prohibiting Such Provisions in Insurance Contracts

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Defendants, Certain Underwriters at Lloyd’s and its third-party claims administrator, CJW & Associates, sought to enforce a mandatory arbitration clause in a Lloyd’s policy issued to the plaintiffs. ...more

Burr & Forman

Arbitrator: Produce Those Construction Documents . . . And Me: You Have No Authority!

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Construction disputes often involve voluminous amounts of discovery, including documents in the hand of third parties.  And if the case is subject to arbitration, it is likely that there will be a dispute about whether the...more

Moore & Van Allen PLLC

U.S. Supreme Court Said “No” to Class Arbitration in Employment-Related Data Breach Dispute Because Arbitration Agreement...

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The U.S. Supreme Court issued two 5-4 decisions in as many months regarding class procedures. Lamp Plus, Inc. v. Varela, 587 U. S. ____ (2019) was favorable to corporate defendants by limiting the availability of class...more

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