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CDF Labor Law LLP

Employee Losing Labor Code Claims in Arbitration Has No Standing to Pursue PAGA Representative Action

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Just last week, in Sorokunov v. NetApp, Inc., No. A171964, 2026 WL 590943 (Cal. Ct. App. March 3, 2026), the Fourth District Court of Appeal held that an employee lacked standing to prosecute a PAGA claim for Labor Code...more

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Texas Business Court Confirms Arbitration Award and Emphasizes Limited Judicial Review

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The Texas Business Court continues to develop its role in resolving disputes arising out of arbitration proceedings. In BNSF Railway Co. v. Level 3 Communications, LLC, Judge Bouressa denied an application to vacate an...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Turmoil but Growth in Third‑Party Arbitration Funding

After more than a decade of expansion, from an almost unknown asset class to a US$20 billion industry, third-party funding experienced a turbulent 2025. Key names in the sector are re-evaluating their business models and...more

Hogan Lovells

Yukos enforcement proceedings in the Commercial Court illustrate differing approaches in the enforcement of ICSID and New York...

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On 5 March 2026, we wrote about the UK Supreme Court's judgment (following appeals by Spain and Zimbabwe) confirming that Contracting States to the ICSID Convention cannot invoke sovereign immunity to prevent the registration...more

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Insights From Riyadh International Disputes Week 2026

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The highly anticipated Riyadh International Disputes Week 2026 featured a thought-provoking panel discussion focused on the evolving landscape of disputes surrounding upcoming FIFA World Cups, with particular emphasis on the...more

Ius Laboris

Malaysia’s Landmark Gig Workers Act Coming Into Effect

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The Malaysian government has announced that the Gig Workers Act 2025 will come into operation at the end of March 2026, once certain panels and councils to be established under the Act have been finalised....more

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Dispute Resolution in Data Centre Projects: Proactive Strategies for a High-stakes Environment

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The lifecycle of a data centre, from land acquisition to operation, brings together significant capital investment, complex technical systems and layered contractual relationships. While earlier articles in this Insight...more

Blank Rome LLP

Blank Rome Appellate Insights – Winning on Appeal: March 2026

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Welcome to Blank Rome Appellate Insights: Winning on Appeal, a newsletter dedicated to keeping you informed about the latest developments in appellate law. Each issue will provide thought leadership from our appellate...more

Blank Rome LLP

What Chilutti v. Uber Means for Arbitration Strategy in Pennsylvania

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The Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s latest decision has delivered a meaningful win for businesses relying on arbitration agreements. By holding that orders compelling arbitration are not immediately appealable, the decision...more

Maynard Nexsen

Alabama Supreme Court Appellate Alert: Decisions from March 6, 2026

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The Alabama Supreme Court issued its weekly release list on Friday, March 6th, which included the following orders and opinions of interest to the Alabama business community...more

Fenwick & West LLP

Mass Arbitrations: The Legal Risk Most Game Studios Don’t See Coming

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Leading up to this year’s Game Developers’ Conference, most legal conversations will focus on AI, IP ownership, and platform deals. But conference panels rarely discuss a major risk quietly hitting game studios: mass...more

Goodwin

Mass Arbitration Risks: What Companies Need to Know

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Arbitration agreements have long served as an efficient alternative to litigation. But with the rise of social media and AI, plaintiffs’ firms can now file thousands of consumer claims at once. ...more

Butler Snow LLP

Arbitration Not a “Health-Care Decision,” Mississippi Supreme Court Rules

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On February 19, 2026, the Mississippi Supreme Court ruled in Manhattan Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, LLC v. Hawkins that a wife who signed her husband’s nursing home admissions paperwork could not bind her husband to an...more

Bressler, Amery & Ross, P.C.

FINRA Seeks Feedback on Modernizing Its Arbitration Forum

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) is requesting public input on ways to modernize and improve its arbitration forum. Throughout 2025, FINRA made multiple comment requests and is now asking stakeholders to...more

Miles Mediation & Arbitration

When Settlement is Dying in the Room: Seven Mediation Killers and How to Disarm Them  

While settlement is the goal at mediation, mediations do fail for a variety of reasons. After participating in countless mediations (both as a trial lawyer for thirty-five+ years, and now as the mediator for the last two), I...more

Carlton Fields

Southern District of New York Compels Arbitration in Commission Dispute

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The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York recently rejected a party’s efforts to avoid arbitration and granted the opposing party’s motion to compel....more

Kilpatrick

The Enforceability of Plan Arbitration Provisions under ERISA

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Are mandatory arbitration provisions with class action waivers a viable strategy for plan sponsors to address the onslaught of class action litigation involving 401(k) plans in recent years? ...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Healthcare & Life Sciences: Drug Pricing Digest - March 2026

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Our Drug Pricing and Market Access team tracks recent developments in healthcare reform, the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program, the 340B Program, Medicare, and state law....more

Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP

Employers Use Arbitration Awards to Preclude Private Attorneys General Act Claims

California employers are still adjusting to the post‑Adolph Private Attorneys General Act landscape, where individual claims can be compelled to arbitration while a representative PAGA claim proceeds in court. ...more

Miles Mediation & Arbitration

How Many Matches Does It Take to Start a Fire?

During a recent mediation, plaintiff’s counsel stressed the fact that his client’s lawsuit had multiple counts and multiple claims against the defendant, reminding the opposing counsel that his success on even one count would...more

Hinshaw & Culbertson - Consumer Crossroads

Ohio Court Rules a Party Cannot Circumvent the Statutory Timeframe to Vacate an Arbitration Award

The Ohio Eighth Appellate District found that a party could not circumvent the statutory timeframe to seek to vacate an arbitration award by the use of civil rules of procedure. The decision affirms that Ohio courts have...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

CA Appellate Court Upholds FAA Governed Arbitration Agreement

In a significant win for the state's employers, a California appellate court recently found that express consent to be governed by the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) (9 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.) in an employment contract is binding...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

UK Supreme Court Clarifies State Immunity in ICSID Award Enforcement

The recent UK Supreme Court decision in The Kingdom of Spain v Infrastructure Services Luxembourg S.À.R.L. and Border Timbers v Zimbabwe [2026] UKSC 9 marks a significant development in the enforcement of ICSID awards against...more

Marshall Dennehey

Checking the Box? Supreme Court Holds Order Compelling Arbitration is Not Immediately Appealable.

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Plaintiffs cannot avoid arbitration through premature appeals challenging the validity of an arbitration agreement. In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, in a 6-0 opinion, recently held that a trial court...more

Thompson Coburn LLP

From Warehouse Floors to Courtroom Doors: What a Costco Case Illustrates About Settlement Agreement Drafting

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Costco and its former employee Susanna Villalobos reached a tentative settlement to end her federal lawsuit alleging workplace sexual harassment by a male colleague who allegedly asked her out on dates repeatedly. Although...more

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