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Verizon Mandatory Arbitration Clauses

Ballard Spahr LLP

Updates on Verizon mass arbitration appeal and revised AAA mass arbitration supplementary rules

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We previously wrote about a Ninth Circuit appeal taken by Verizon Wireless, Inc. after a California district court judge held that its arbitration agreement, which required mass arbitration disputes to be resolved by multiple...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Top 10 New York Commercial Division Cases and Developments of 2017

In 2017, the New York Commercial Division continued to implement new rules and refine existing rules in order to streamline litigation in the court. The year also saw some key decisions by the Commercial Division as well as...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Behavioral Advertising Company That Dropped “Zombie” Cookies Can’t Use Verizon’s Arbitration Clause To Avoid Class Action Lawsuit

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a non-party online behavioral advertising firm could not benefit from the arbitration clause in the agreement between Verizon and its customers because it was not a party to that...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Ninth Circuit Provides More Detailed Guidance on the Enforceability of Arbitration Provisions

On January 19, 2017, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued an opinion in Norcia v. Samsung Telecommunications America, LLC in which it provided guidance on the enforceability of arbitration agreements in...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit Mandates a Stay of Litigation When All of the Disputed Claims Are Arbitrable

In Katz v. Cellco Partnership (July 28, 2015), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit this summer clarified that district courts do not have discretion to dismiss a case that has been referred to arbitration. Instead,...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

How the NLRB Spent Its Summer — Could Be a Chilly Autumn

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For those of us in the employment field attempting to recover from the languor of long summer days, it’s time to catch up and ask what the NLRB has been up to during the dog days. The answer – a lot. And so we take this...more

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