The plaintiff sued its former lawyer and law firm for legal malpractice. The defendants moved to dismiss and compel arbitration based on a mandatory arbitration clause in the parties’ engagement agreement. The trial court...more
Plaintiffs filed a putative class action against Norwegian Cruise Lines claiming that Norwegian failed to disclose profits it earned when the plaintiffs elected to purchase travel insurance during the cruise booking process....more
8/31/2020
/ Appeals ,
Arbitration ,
Class Action ,
Consumer Contracts ,
Contract Terms ,
Cruise Ships ,
Kickbacks ,
Mandatory Arbitration Clauses ,
Motion to Compel ,
Putative Class Actions ,
Reinsurance ,
Travel Insurance
Standard Security Life Insurance Company of New York and Madison National Life Insurance Co. entered into an administrative services agreement with FCE Benefit Administrators Inc. under which FCE administered insurance...more
The New Jersey Supreme Court issued a combined opinion in two cases arising from arbitration agreements in employment contracts. The plaintiffs in the respective cases claimed they fell within section 1 of the Federal...more
The Fourth Circuit confirmed a foreign arbitration award issued in favor of third-party defendant Chongqing Rato Power Co. Ltd., a Chinese equipment manufacturer, against defendant Roger Leon. The parties negotiated and...more
The plaintiff-appellant filed suit in Oklahoma state court seeking to rescind a contract it entered into with the defendants, claiming the contract was procured by fraud. Citing an arbitration clause in the contract, the...more
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
2/6/2020
/ Arbitration ,
Arbitration Agreements ,
Contract Terms ,
Federal Arbitration Act ,
Foreign Arbitral Awards ,
Insurance Contracts ,
Insurance Litigation ,
Lloyds of London ,
Mandatory Arbitration Clauses ,
McCarran-Ferguson Act ,
Third-Party
A Pennsylvania federal district court granted a motion to compel arbitration pursuant to 9 U.S.C. § 4 of the Federal Arbitration Act, over objection by the defendant on severability grounds. The defendant argued that its...more
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit recently ruled that two employment-related arbitration clauses did not “clearly and unmistakably” govern a former employee’s discrimination claims, and that the arbitrability...more
The Sixth Circuit has affirmed an order vacating an arbitration award, agreeing with the district court that the mandatory arbitration clause at issue was unenforceable upon termination of the agreement in which it was...more