Defendant SemGroup Corp. and intervenor-defendant Cypress Environmental Management-TIR appealed an Oklahoma district court order denying their motions to compel arbitration. The plaintiff, Robert Ferrell, was a Cypress...more
The Ninth Circuit denied a petition seeking to vacate an order compelling arbitration of an Uber driver’s putative class action. The district court held that rideshare drivers who pick up and drop off passengers at airports...more
10/15/2020
/ Arbitration ,
Arbitration Agreements ,
Contract Terms ,
Drivers ,
Employment Contract ,
Exemptions ,
Federal Arbitration Act ,
Interstate Commerce ,
Motion to Compel ,
Putative Class Actions ,
Uber
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
The plaintiff filed a putative class action for alleged violations of California employment law, and the defendant moved to compel arbitration....more
3/27/2019
/ Arbitration ,
Employment Litigation ,
Federal Arbitration Act ,
Final Judgment ,
Interlocutory Appeals ,
Labor Law Violations ,
Lack of Jurisdiction ,
Motion to Compel ,
Putative Class Actions ,
State and Local Government ,
State Labor Laws ,
Stays
Plaintiffs, current and former employees of the University of Southern California (“USC”), were participants in two USC-sponsored ERISA contribution plans. In order to participate in the plans, individual employees were...more
The Eleventh Circuit has determined that a confidentiality provision in an arbitration clause was substantively unconscionable. The case involved a putative class action by David Johnson alleging that KeyBank National...more
12/4/2017
/ Arbitration ,
Arbitration Agreements ,
Banking Sector ,
Banks ,
Citibank ,
Confidentiality Agreements ,
Contract Terms ,
Debit and Credit Card Transactions ,
Motion to Compel ,
Overdraft Fees ,
Putative Class Actions ,
Unconscionable Contracts