In Lubin v. Starbucks Corp., the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals considered defendant Starbucks’ appeal of an order denying its motion to compel arbitration of the plaintiffs’ lawsuit alleging that Starbucks sent deficient...more
2/18/2025
/ Arbitration ,
Arbitration Agreements ,
Class Action ,
COBRA ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Employee Rights ,
Employment Contract ,
Employment Litigation ,
Former Employee ,
Health Insurance ,
Labor Code ,
Motion to Compel ,
Spouses ,
Starbucks ,
Unenforceable Contract Terms
In Hejamadi v. Midland Funding LLC, the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, on remand from the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, addressed whether the defendants waived their rights to compel arbitration of the...more
In Sacramento Drilling Inc. v National Casualty Co., the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon addressed an amended motion to compel arbitration brought by defendant National Casualty Co. seeking to limit arbitration...more
The plaintiff was employed by defendant Pilot Catastrophe Services Inc. as an insurance claims adjuster, where she was responsible for inspecting property damage claims and providing damage estimates to insurance companies....more
In Mancuso v. MDG USA Inc., the Third Circuit Court of Appeals considered defendant MDG’s appeal of an order denying its motion to compel arbitration of the plaintiff’s lawsuit alleging violations of state and federal fair...more
In Johnson v. Lowe’s Home Centers LLC, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a district court order granting defendant Lowe’s motion to compel arbitration of plaintiff Maria Johnson’s individual claims brought under...more
The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed, sua sponte, a district court order that granted defendant Trina Solar (U.S.) Inc.’s motion to compel arbitration and stay the underlying case. The court did not address the...more
Noting the court was deciding, as a matter of first impression, “what a party must do to specifically challenge a delegation provision and what a court may consider when evaluating this challenge,” the Ninth Circuit Court of...more
1/26/2024
/ Arbitration ,
Arbitration Agreements ,
Coinbase ,
Coinbase Inc v Bielski ,
Consumer Complaint Management ,
Contract Disputes ,
Delegation Clauses ,
Digital Assets ,
Digital Wallets ,
Electronic Fund Transfer Act ,
Motion to Compel ,
Regulation E ,
Trading Platforms ,
Unconscionable Contracts ,
Unenforceable Contract Terms
The Third Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a district court decision denying defendant MicroBilt Corp.’s motion to compel arbitration, finding the plaintiff had fully complied with all provisions of her arbitration...more
1/23/2024
/ American Arbitration Association ,
Arbitration ,
Arbitration Agreements ,
Binding Arbitration ,
Contract Terms ,
Credit Reports ,
Damages ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Loan Applications ,
Motion to Compel ,
Statutory Violations
In Ansur America Insurance Co. v. Borland, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois addressed a discovery dispute involving claims brought by Ansur America Insurance Co. against the law firm Ansur...more
In Jackson v. Applied Materials Corp., the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a district court order granting a motion to compel arbitration of the plaintiff’s discrimination and retaliation claims, finding the...more
In Marino v. CVS Health, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York found defendant CVS Health’s “arbitration of workplace legal disputes policy” and related arbitration agreement compelled arbitration of...more
11/8/2023
/ Arbitration ,
Arbitration Agreements ,
Employees ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Employment Litigation ,
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
Federal Arbitration Act ,
Federal Labor Laws ,
Labor Law Violations ,
Motion to Compel ,
Pregnancy Discrimination ,
Retaliation ,
Unpaid Wages ,
Wage and Hour
In Payne v. Savannah College of Art and Design Inc., the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a district court order denying a motion to compel arbitration of plaintiff Isaac Payne’s discrimination-based claims. The...more
The Third Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a district court decision compelling arbitration, finding that the parties’ designation of an accounting expert to resolve certain issues did not constitute an agreement to...more
In Perez v. Discover Bank, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a district court order denying a motion to compel arbitration of the plaintiff’s discrimination claims, finding that the mandatory arbitration provisions...more
In Hicks Unlimited, Inc. v. UniFirst Corporation, the Supreme Court of South Carolina agreed with a trial court ruling that the underlying contract between the parties, which included mandatory arbitration “to be governed by...more
In Women’s Care Specialists, P.C. v. Dr. Margot G. Potter and Dr. Karla Kennedy v. Dr. Margot G. Potter, the Alabama Supreme Court reversed opinions of the trial court that had denied motions to compel arbitration and held...more
In Singh v. Uber Technologies Inc., the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, in a precedential opinion, affirmed district court orders granting defendant Uber Technologies Inc.’s motion to compel arbitration, concluding that the...more
In White v. Samsung Electronics America Inc., the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, in a precedential opinion, affirmed a district court order denying defendant Samsung’s motion to compel arbitration, concluding that,...more
In City of Laurel, Mississippi v. Cintas Corp. No. 2, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals addressed the issue whether a valid arbitration agreement existed between the plaintiff City of Laurel, Mississippi, and defendant...more
In Damon Immediato, et al., v. Postmates, Inc., the First Circuit addressed the issue of whether couriers who deliver goods from local restaurants and grocery stores are “transportation workers engaged in interstate commerce...more
Relying on the Federal Arbitration Act and recognizing that “this case presents one of the rare instances in which a defendant opposing arbitration survives the initial stage of an FAA proceeding,” the U.S. District Court for...more
Plaintiff R&C Oilfield Services appealed from an order of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. The district court granted defendant American Wind Transport Group’s motion to compel R&C to...more
Applying the Federal Arbitration Act and recognizing that it “reflects a liberal federal policy favoring arbitration agreements,” the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York granted the defendant’s motion to...more