Contract Terms, Arbitration Agreements, Injunctive Relief

Top 10 Whistleblowing and Retaliation Events of 2024

Proskauer Rose LLP on 12/20/2024

Following our annual tradition — which started over a decade ago — we are analyzing the year's 10 most significant whistleblower and retaliation events. As you'll see, in 2024, actions taken by a range of courts and...more

Possible Supreme Court Review of California’s “McGill Rule” Moves One Step Closer as Ninth Circuit Stays Mandates in Blair Appeals

Ballard Spahr LLP on 1/31/2020

After denying the defendants’ petitions for panel and en banc rehearing in the Blair v. Rent-a-Center appeals, the Ninth Circuit has granted their motions to stay the issuance of the Court’s mandates for 90 days pending the...more

Will the Federal Arbitration Act Dismantle California’s Prohibition Against Employment Arbitration?

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC on 12/20/2019

If your business operates in California, you need to be aware of AB 51, a law that will take effect January 1, 2020. AB 51 precludes employers from requiring any applicant or employee, as a condition of employment, continued...more

Court Holds Arbitration Provision Does Not Violate California’s McGill Rule

Carlton Fields on 9/11/2019

The plaintiffs brought a class action suit against Extra Space Storage Inc. for false advertising, unfair competition, and violation of the California Consumers Legal Remedies Act. After the case was removed to the U.S....more

Fifth Circuit Affirms Court’s Authority To Rule On Question Of Arbitrability And Finds Injunctive Relief Was Not Subject To...

Carlton Fields on 1/16/2018

A Texas federal court determined that, pursuant to the parties’ contract, the dispute was not arbitrable because the plain language of the arbitration clause expressly excluded suits that involved requests for injunctive...more

Court Confirms Arbitrator’s Entry Of Interim Preliminary Injunction, Holding That The Award Was Sufficiently “Final”

Carlton Fields on 10/31/2017

This case concerns a 10-year agreement by which plaintiff, an endodontist, contracted to perform consulting services for defendant Dentsply, a business that manufactured and sold endodontic products for the dental industry....more

Private Arbitration Agreements which Prohibit Public Injunctive Relief Violate Public Policy and are Unenforceable Under...

Foley & Lardner LLP on 4/14/2017

In an April 5, 2017 unanimous opinion, the California Supreme Court (the “Court”) held that private arbitration agreements which prohibit public injunctive relief in any forum are contrary to California public policy and...more

Locke Lord Article: Doing Business in New Jersey? Your Website Terms & Conditions May be Plaintiffs’ Next Target

Troutman Pepper Locke on 3/8/2016

Doing business in New Jersey just got thornier. Recent decisions broadly interpreting the New Jersey Truth-in-Consumer Contract, Warranty and Notice Act (TCCWNA), N.J.S.A. 56:12-14, et seq., have spawned a flurry of pre-suit...more

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