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Tenth Circuit Finds Non-Signatory May Compel Arbitration Based on Equitable Estoppel

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Defendant SemGroup Corp. and intervenor-defendant Cypress Environmental Management-TIR appealed an Oklahoma district court order denying their motions to compel arbitration. The plaintiff, Robert Ferrell, was a Cypress...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Left Coast Appeals

This Week at the Ninth: Independent or Intertwined?

This week, the Ninth Circuit simultaneously issued two decisions addressing the circumstances in which equitable estoppel can require a plaintiff to arbitrate a claim absent an arbitration agreement with the defendant. In the...more

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Key California Employment Law Cases: May 2020

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Betancourt v. OS Rest. Servs., LLC, No. B293625, 2020 WL 2570839 (Cal. Ct. App. Apr. 30, 2020) - Summary: A plaintiff is not entitled to recover penalties for waiting time and wage statement violations based on claims of...more

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Second Circuit Affirms Denial of Arbitration in Case Involving Misappropriation of Trade Secrets

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Medidata brought suit against its competitor, Veeva, alleging that Medidata’s former employees, who eventually left the company to work for Veeva, violated their employment agreements which required them to protect Medidata’s...more

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No Signature? No Problem! Enforcing Arbitration Even Without Everyone Signing

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Seyfarth Synopsis: California courts are often hostile towards defendants that seek to require litigious employees to honor their arbitration agreements. The defendant’s plight might seem more stark still if the defendant has...more

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