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Employment Litigation Roundup: December 2024

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Arizona employer cannot exclude settlement communications from former employee’s retaliation complaint - In Flores v. Rafi Law Group PLLC, the plaintiff accused her law firm employer of retaliating against her by (i)...more

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What Every Multinational Company Should Know About . . . the International Arbitration Clause in Its Contract

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International arbitration provides a binding, neutral, and consensual process for resolving contractual disputes between parties, often resulting in resolutions that are quicker, cheaper, more private, and more controllable...more

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To Arbitrate or Not to Arbitrate

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Many real estate contracts include an “arbitration provision,” whereby the parties to the contract agree that they will resolve any disputes which may arise between them through arbitration, and not through the judicial...more

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Eleventh Circuit Clarifies Standard for New York Convention’s Public Policy Defense to Foreign Arbitration Awards

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The dispute involved an arbitration related to alleged medical malpractice by doctors selected by Carnival Cruise Lines to treat a wrist injury of a Serbian employee of Carnival. The employee’s employment agreement with...more

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Truth About Forced Arbitration

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The American Association for Justice has released a groundbreaking new report detailing the fundamental truths of forced arbitration using data provided by the arbitration providers themselves. The Truth About Forced...more

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Florida Court Finds Arbitration Clause Expanding Authority of Courts to Vacate/Modify Arbitration Awards Unenforceable

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The Florida Arbitration Code addresses the confirmation, vacation, modification or correction, and appeal of arbitration awards in Florida. In September, a Florida District Court of Appeal addressed whether parties may expand...more

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Cooperate or Pay: Recovering Attorneys’ Fees to Get to Arbitration

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Does your arbitration agreement allow you to recover attorneys’ fees if the employee rebels against arbitration and you have to compel it? Maybe it should. In Aralar v. Scott McRea Automotive Group, a court in Florida...more

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OnRisk: Arbitration Provisions in Insurance Policies

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In this episode of OnRisk, Carolyn Branthoover and Sarah Turpin talk about the increasing frequency of arbitration clauses in insurance policies, the enforceability of arbitration agreements in both the U.S. and in the UK,...more

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Party Cannot Appeal Decision That District Court Did Not Make Regarding Motion To Vacate Arbitration Award

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The Sixth Circuit has declined to rule on a motion to vacate an arbitration award, which was brought at the same time as a successful motion to dismiss the action for forum non conveniens, when the district court had not...more

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Federal Court Finds Arbitrator Had Authority To Determine It Had Jurisdiction Over Corporation’s Principals And Non-Signatories...

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New World Solutions, Inc. (“NWS”) and Asta Funding Inc. (“Asta”) entered into an agreement which contained an arbitration clause. After a dispute arose and the parties undertook arbitration, the arbitrator entered an award...more

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