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Ninth Circuit Reverses District Court, Sending Opportunity Financial Lawsuit to Arbitration

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently reversed a district court’s ruling, which had denied a motion to compel arbitration of Opportunity Financial (OppFi) on the basis that the arbitration clause was...more

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OppFi Hat Trick: Third Federal Court Upholds Arbitration Clause

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Earlier this month, in Fama v. Opportunity Financial LLC, a Magistrate Judge of the federal district court for the Western District of Washington held that the arbitration provision in OppFi’s installment loan agreement is...more

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Ninth Circuit Affirms District Court Order Denying Motion to Compel Arbitration of Discrimination Claims

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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

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No U-Turns

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Interstate 70 is a 2,100-mile highway that begins in the mountains of Cove Fort, Utah, and ends just outside Baltimore. Parts of I-70 in Kansas and Missouri were among the first sections of interstate highway ever built, and...more

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Cheque–mate – Hong Kong Court of Appeal refuses stay to arbitration on dishonoured cheque

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The Hong Kong Court of Appeal has refused to stay to arbitration a court action brought on a dishonoured cheque because of an arbitration clause in the underlying loan agreement between the parties. The court noted there...more

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The relationship between cheques (and other bills of exchange) and arbitration clauses

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In T v W (HCA 366/2020, [2020] HKCFI 2918), the Hong Kong Court of First Instance considered the interesting question of whether a claim made on a dishonoured cheque was caught by and fell within the application of an...more

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Third Circuit Upholds Pennsylvania Federal Court’s Finding That an Arbitration Agreement Is Unenforceable Where It Limits...

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In Williams v. Medley Opportunity Fund II, LP, plaintiffs Christine Williams and Michael Stermel obtained payday loans from American Web Loan, Inc. (AWL), an online entity owned by the Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians. The...more

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Third Circuit Concludes Arbitration Agreement Is Unenforceable Under the Prospective Waiver Doctrine

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The Third Circuit Court of Appeals has refused to enforce an arbitration agreement because it impermissibly limited claims to those available under tribal law at the expense of federal statutory claims. The court also...more

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Court Concludes That Bankruptcy Discharge Does Not Affect Arbitration Clause

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The Eastern District of Pennsylvania recently granted a creditor’s request to compel arbitration over a plaintiff’s argument that the arbitration agreement he had signed was void as a result of a bankruptcy court discharging...more

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Eleventh Circuit Finds Defendant Can’t Use Unsigned Consent to Receive Text Messages to Compel Arbitration Of TCPA Claim

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Hope Gamble sued New England Auto Finance, Inc. (NEAF) in federal court under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA)....more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Marketplace Lending Update: Who’s My Lender?

Over the last several weeks, two notable cases in federal court challenging certain aspects of the business model of marketplace lending companies headed down separate paths. ...more

Proskauer - Minding Your Business

First Department Finds Forum Selection Clause in Earlier Agreement Valid Despite Later Agreement Providing for Arbitration

In a 3-2 split decision, a New York appellate court determined that a forum selection clause providing for litigation in New York courts had not been explicitly terminated and thus trumped agreements to submit to arbitration...more

Proskauer - Privacy & Cybersecurity

Class Actions and the Continued Significance of Arbitration Agreements

The recently released Carlton Fields 2016 Class Action Survey reports that class actions are up for the first time in four years. While data privacy class actions still make up a relatively small portion of class action...more

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Fourth Circuit Rejects Characterization Of Motions “For Reconsideration,” Remands To Determine Whether Dispute Is Arbitrable

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The Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit recently remanded a case to the district court for full consideration of a request to compel arbitration, finding the lower court’s order “inconsistent with the emphatic federal...more

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