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Hoisted by Your Own (Pet)Arb Clause? New Developments in Mass Arbitration

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For more than a decade, companies have benefited immensely from the United States Supreme Court decision of AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion, 563 U.S. 333 (2011), which upheld a company’s right to compel consumers into...more

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Updates on Verizon mass arbitration appeal and revised AAA mass arbitration supplementary rules

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We previously wrote about a Ninth Circuit appeal taken by Verizon Wireless, Inc. after a California district court judge held that its arbitration agreement, which required mass arbitration disputes to be resolved by multiple...more

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Verizon appeal on mass arbitration issues backed by prominent industry groups

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Earlier this week, we wrote about Verizon’s appeal to the Ninth Circuit from a district court ruling that the bellwether provision in its arbitration clause was unconscionable. Both the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the...more

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Ninth Circuit to decide for whom the bellwether tolls in test of Verizon’s mass arbitration provision

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An appeal pending in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit is poised to decide whether an arbitration agreement that requires mass arbitration disputes to be resolved by multiple rounds of bellwether arbitrations...more

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Top 10 New York Commercial Division Cases and Developments of 2017

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In 2017, the New York Commercial Division continued to implement new rules and refine existing rules in order to streamline litigation in the court. The year also saw some key decisions by the Commercial Division as well as...more

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Behavioral Advertising Company That Dropped “Zombie” Cookies Can’t Use Verizon’s Arbitration Clause To Avoid Class Action Lawsuit

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The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a non-party online behavioral advertising firm could not benefit from the arbitration clause in the agreement between Verizon and its customers because it was not a party to that...more

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Ninth Circuit: “Zombie” Cookie Installer Cannot Compel Arbitration Based on Verizon Arbitration Agreement

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Takeaway: Non-parties who seek to rely on equitable estoppel to compel arbitration of claims based on an arbitration agreement they did not sign face an uphill battle in the Ninth Circuit. In In re Henson, No. 16-71818, 2017...more

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Ninth Circuit: An Enforceable Arbitration Agreement Requires Notice To And Assent By The Consumer

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Takeaway: Technology advances. Business processes evolve. Contract formation, however, remains an old-fashioned concept. A party must have notice of and actually assent to a contractual provision to be bound by it. Where an...more

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