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How the new ICC rules might affect arbitrations seated in Spain?

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The 2026 ICC Arbitration Rules (the “Rules”) have introduced amendments aiming to strengthen the flexibility and transparency of proceedings. Spanish businesses are frequent users of ICC arbitration. According to the ICC...more

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Federal IDR Process Overhaul Finalized: What Stakeholders Need to Know

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The U.S. Departments of the Treasury, Labor, and Health and Human Services (the Departments), along with the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, issued a final rule on May 28, 2026, implementing several modifications to the...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Fourth Circuit rules non-signatory can enforce arbitration clause as third-party beneficiary under Delaware law

On May 21, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit reversed a district court’s denial of a motion to compel arbitration in a putative class action alleging a violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA)....more

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The Faster Labor Contracts Act Would Permit Federal Government To Impose Union Contract Terms On Employers

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The federal government may soon be able to impose the terms of first collective bargaining agreements (“CBAs”) on private sector employers and unions. On May 21, 2026, the U.S. House of Representatives obtained the 218...more

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New Rule Amends No Surprises Act Dispute Process for Out-of-Network Health Care Payments

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On May 28, 2026, the Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and the Treasury finalized a rule implementing changes to the No Surprises Act's independent dispute resolution process, including new standardized...more

Montgomery McCracken

The Chilutti Test Returns: The Pennsylvania Superior Court Again Adopts Heightened Scrutiny of Online Arbitration Agreements

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When the Pennsylvania Supreme Court vacated the Superior Court’s en banc decision in Chilutti v. Uber Technologies, Inc., businesses may have hoped that Pennsylvania’s unusually strict approach to online arbitration...more

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The ICC Arbitration Rules 2026: Key Changes and Practical Implications

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The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has recently released its updated Rules of Arbitration (ICC Rules 2026), which came into force on 1 June 2026...more

Hogan Lovells

ICC arbitration rules 2026: Faster, smarter, and closer to modern arbitration practice

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Effective 1 June 2026, the ICC Arbitration Rules have entered into force, replacing the 2021 version and introducing a series of reforms aimed at enhancing efficiency, transparency, and user confidence in international...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Une sentence arbitrale rendue à Dubaï est reconnue en Ontario malgré des bouleversements institutionnels

Dans l’arrêt InFrontier AF LP v. Rahmani, la Cour d’appel de l’Ontario a rejeté l’appel d’une décision de première instance ordonnant la reconnaissance et l’exécution d’une sentence arbitrale rendue à Dubaï. L’appelant...more

Hogan Lovells

The 2026 ICC Arbitration Rules: A Hong Kong perspective

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On 23 March 2026, the International Chamber of Commerce approved a revised version of its Rules of Arbitration, which came into force on 1 June 2026 (2026 ICC Rules), replacing the 2021 ICC Rules. This update is the most...more

A&O Shearman

ICC Arbitration Rules 2026 – key changes for commercial parties

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The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has published an updated version of its Arbitration Rules, coming into force almost immediately from June 1, 2026 and applicable to all arbitrations commenced from that date....more

FBT Gibbons LLP

When “Interstate Commerce” Does Not Require Interstate Travel: Supreme Court Expands FAA Transportation Worker Exemption to...

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On May 28, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision in Flower Foods, Inc. v. Brock, clarifying the scope of the transportation worker exemption under the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA)....more

Freeman Mathis & Gary

Supreme Court expands FAA exemption for last-mile drivers, raising new arbitration risks for employers

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On May 28, 2026, the United States Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision in Flowers Foods, Inc. v. Brock, No. 24-935, clarifying that certain “last-mile” delivery drivers may fall within the Federal Arbitration Act’s...more

Pierce Atwood LLP

District Courts in the First Circuit Issue Notable Early 2026 Arbitration

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District courts in the First Circuit issued several important decisions in early 2026 regarding the enforceability of arbitration provisions and interpreting recent First Circuit precedent. The cases revolved around a variety...more

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Federal Agencies Finalize Overhaul of No Surprises Act Dispute Resolution Process

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The US Departments of Treasury, Labor, and Health and Human Services have issued a sweeping final rule (CMS-9897-F) implementing significant changes to the Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) process established...more

White & Case LLP

The Supreme Court just denied cert in Flores — is your arbitration clause still enforceable?

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The sports industry is experiencing unprecedented growth and investment. This trend is driven by changing regulations relating to ownership in professional leagues and compensation mechanisms for college athletes, as well as...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Supreme Court Expands Flexibility for Multiemployer Plans in Setting Withdrawal Liability Assumptions

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“Prediction is easy — being right is hard.” The Supreme Court’s May 21, 2026, decision in the multiemployer withdrawal liability space affirmed this principle. In M & K Employee Solutions, LLC v. Trustees of the IAM National...more

CDF Labor Law LLP

SCOTUS Provides Half-Baked Good News for California Employers Enforcement of Arbitration Agreements

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For the fourth time in seven years, SCOTUS issued a narrow but unanimous opinion reiterating that the transportation worker’s exemption to compelling arbitration under the Federal Arbitration Act’s (FAA) reaches employees who...more

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Choose Your Forum Wisely (Part II): Commercial Division Reiterates the High Bar to Overturn an Arbitration Award

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Last fall, I blogged about the challenges of overturning an arbitrator’s award (check out that post here). That case illustrated the difficulties of vacating an award based on a purported erroneous ruling of law. But what if...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

HHS Finalizes Major Reforms to IDR Process under NSA

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On May 28, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) finalized regulations intended to make the Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) process under the No Surprises Act (NSA) more efficient and transparent in...more

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The NFL and the Limits of Arbitration Agreements: What Employers Need to Know

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Brian Flores, an NFL coach, recently made headlines after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to intervene in a dispute over whether his claims must be arbitrated. Flores asserted race discrimination claims against the NFL and...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

NSA IDR overhaul: What stakeholders need to know

On May 28, 2026, the US Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and the Treasury, along with the Office of Personnel Management (collectively, the Departments), released a final rule addressing operational aspects of...more

Dickinson Wright

Orders Enforcing Agreements to Arbitrate—Final or Not?

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Under the Michigan court rules, the Court of Appeals has jurisdiction over an appeal as of right from a “final judgment or final order.” MCR 7.203(A)(1). In a civil case, that usually means the “first judgment or order that...more

Fenwick & West LLP

Game Studios May Be Underestimating Mass Arbitration Risk Around Bans, Virtual Economies, and Live-Service Changes

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For many players, a game account is no longer just an account. It can hold years of purchases, rare digital items, rankings, creator revenue, social connections, and thousands of hours of progress. In some games, players...more

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Ninth Circuit Holds That FAA Does Not Permit Non-Mutual Offensive Collateral Estoppel to Invalidate Arbitration Agreements

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The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has held that arbitrators’ decisions that an arbitration clause is unenforceable may not be used to preclude arbitration in cases involving other plaintiffs in the same putative class action...more

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