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[Webinar] No Class, Just a Massive Headache: Mass Arbitrations - August 29th, 10:00 am - 11:00 am PT

Imagine arriving at the office to find 20 bankers' boxes full of 20,000+ individual arbitration demands. The claims appear identical and non-meritorious. But to even get a chance to make an argument, it will cost you nearly...more

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Lessons From Above: SCOTUS Declines to Review a Class Arbitrability Case (the Issue Had Been Delegated to an Arbitrator)

In its restraint, SCOTUS has shown us the mischief that arbitrators may do if parties are lax in setting boundaries in their agreement to arbitrate. By declining to grant certiorari regarding the Second Circuit’s most recent...more

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SCOTUS declines review of Second Circuit ruling endorsing class arbitration

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Takeaway: The concept of class arbitration has endured stiff headwinds. In Lamps Plus, Inc. v. Varella, 139 S. Ct. 1407 (2019), the Supreme Court ruled that a party cannot be required to participate in a class arbitration...more

Carlton Fields

Fifth Circuit Suggests Question of Class Arbitrability Was for Arbitrator Not Court

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The Fifth Circuit has suggested that the question of class arbitrability was for the arbitrator, not the court, based on the language of the arbitration clause at issue. The court ultimately concluded, however, that it did...more

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Is the “Clear and Unmistakable” Hurdle for Delegation of Arbitrability Issues to an Arbitrator Uniform or Variable?

The United States Supreme Court established that questions of arbitrability are presumptively for a court unless the parties clearly and unmistakability manifest their intention (i.e, agreement) that such issues should be...more

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The Mischief That Arbitrators May Do: Clause Construction Award Enables Class Arbitration

If we needed a reminder of why the “delegation” question – i.e., whether parties have agreed that gateway arbitrability issues should be adjudicated in the first instance by an arbitrator rather than by a court – is...more

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"Class Arbitration": Second Circuit Declines to Pull the Plug on Mechanism that SCOTUS Largely Scorns

“Class arbitration” signifies the utilization of the Fed.R.Civ.P. 23 protocol in an arbitration proceeding. A fundamental question among many concerning the legal viability of “class arbitration” is whether an arbitrator can...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Latin America Dispute Resolution Update – The Latest Developments in Cross-Border Disputes Involving the US and Latin America - ...

US Supreme Court Issues Trio of Arbitration Decisions - During its 2018-19 term, the U.S. Supreme Court issued decisions in three cases involving arbitration matters. These decisions, discussed further in our September 26,...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Silence Isn’t Always Golden—Sometimes It Lands You in Class Arbitration

As this blog has previously discussed, the availability of class arbitration has been significantly restricted after a series of U.S. Supreme Court decisions. However, we have also noted that express preclusion of class...more

Carlton Fields

Ninth Circuit Affirms Order Compelling Class Arbitration in Employment Dispute Involving Two Employment Agreements With Varying...

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Oracle America Inc. appealed the trial court’s order compelling class arbitration in an employment dispute in which there were two agreements at issue, one with, and one without, a class action waiver. The Ninth Circuit...more

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New Rules of the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre Arguably Foster Collective and Opt-In Class Arbitration

The Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (“HKIAC”) has promulgated a new set of Administered Arbitration Rules (“AAR”), effective November 1, 2018. Among those rules are Articles 27-30 concerning the HKIAC’s powers to...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

The Supreme Court’s Business Docket for the October 2018 Term

On September 26, 2018, Skadden hosted a webinar titled “US Supreme Court October 2018 Term.” Topics included some of the key business-related cases on the Supreme Court’s docket, including cases addressing antitrust, foreign...more

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Eleventh Circuit Adjudicates the Delegation Issue with Respect to “Class Arbitrability” No Differently Than for Bilateral...

The U.S. Supreme Court has pointed out consistently in recent years that the relatively new construct of “class arbitration” is very different from your uncle’s classic bilateral arbitration. (“Class arbitration” signifies...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Eleventh Circuit Creates Circuit Split as to Who Decides Whether an Arbitration Agreement Permits Class Arbitration

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As the U.S. Supreme Court observed memorably in First Options of Chicago, Inc. v. Kaplan, arbitration disputes often raise “three types of disagreement” relevant to resolution of the dispute: (1) a disagreement as to the...more

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Dissecting Common Basic Arbitration Clauses — You Can Build a Better One

Arbitration is often promoted as faster, cheaper, more predictable, and more controllable than litigation. But to many, arbitration’s promise comes up short on delivery. Why? A prime reason is that many parties do not make...more

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Is “Class Arbitration” an Oxymoron — Another Shoe Drops in the Second Circuit

In a series of articles over the past several months, we asked whether “class arbitration” — meaning the utilization of the Fed.R.Civ.P. 23 class action protocol in an arbitration proceeding — is ultimately viable in U.S....more

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Is “Class Arbitration” an Oxymoron — a Shoe Drops in the Second Circuit

In a recent series of articles, we asked whether “class arbitration” — meaning the utilization of a Fed. R. Civ. P. 23 class action protocol in an arbitration proceeding — is ultimately viable. Given the nature of...more

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“Class Arbitration”: The Current Law

We recently began a series of articles in which we ask whether “class arbitration” — meaning the utilization of a Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23 class action protocol in an arbitration proceeding — is ultimately viable,...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Employment Law - August 2016

Arbitrator or Judge? California Supreme Court Weighs in - Why it matters - Yet again, the California Supreme Court considered arbitration in the context of an employment agreement, this time reflecting on whether a...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Fourth Circuit: Courts, Not Arbitrators, Decide the Availability of Class Arbitration

A decision allowing class-wide arbitration can transform a routine dispute into a “bet the company” problem. Who makes that decision: an arbitrator or a court? The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals answered that question...more

Carlton Fields

Fourth Circuit Court Of Appeals Decides Issue Of Class Arbitrability Is A Question For The Court, Not Arbitrator

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A South Carolina federal court dismissed a petition to compel class arbitration, reasoning “that whether the arbitration clause permits class arbitration is a simple contractual interpretation issue, and because the question...more

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Third Circuit Rules Court Should Decide Class Arbitrability

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Action Item: In a precedential opinion, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit outlined what is required for parties to allow arbitrators—rather than courts—to decide whether a matter could be arbitrated as a class....more

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Arbitrators, Not Courts, To Decide Availability Of Class Arbitration Under Parties’ Agreement

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A federal court in New York has held that arbitrators, not courts, should decide whether class arbitration is available under an arbitration agreement entered into between private parties. The court had previously compelled...more

Moore & Van Allen PLLC

The U.S. Supreme Court Ended the Term with an Exclamation Mark at the End of Its Statement on Class Actions and Arbitration: The...

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The Supreme Court’s October 2012 Term could rightly be named “The Year of the Class Action.” The High Court received many petitions for review and ultimately issued more than five decisions that tackled issues impacting the...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

US Supreme Court Defers to Arbitrator’s Decision to Allow Class Arbitration in Healthcare Action

The US Supreme Court affirmed a ruling by the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit upholding an arbitrator’s decision that a contract provided for class arbitration. The Court held that where parties consent to arbitrate...more

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