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Federal Arbitration Act

The Federal Arbitration Act is a United States federal statute enacted in 1925 that governs arbitration in contracts implicating interstate commerce. The Act applies in both federal and state courts. 
Locke Lord LLP

Supreme Court Decision in “New Prime” May Have Limited Impact on Independent Contractor Misclassification Claims, Despite Some...

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Shortly after the issuance of the Supreme Court’s decision earlier today in New Prime Inc. v. Oliveira, some commentators have referred to the opinion as a watershed opinion preserving the right of workers including...more

Alston & Bird

Supreme Court Rejects the “Wholly Groundless” Exception to Arbitrators Determining Arbitrability

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Our International Arbitration & Dispute Resolution Team examines how the Supreme Court resolved a circuit split over who decides the question of arbitrability—i.e., whether a claim falls within the scope of an arbitration...more

SmithAmundsen LLC

UPDATE: Supreme Court Rules For Workers On FAA “Transportation” Exemption

by SmithAmundsen LLC on

Last month, this blog discussed New Prime, Inc. v. Oliveira, a then-pending case before the Supreme Court that presented the question of whether arbitration agreements between trucking companies and independent contractor...more

Faegre Baker Daniels

Supreme Court Decides New Prime Inc. v. Oliveira

by Faegre Baker Daniels on

On January 15, 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court decided New Prime Inc. v. Oliveira, holding in an 8-0 opinion that, on a motion to compel arbitration, the court itself must determine whether the exclusion of § 1 of the Federal...more

BakerHostetler

Supreme Court Decides First Arbitration Case on Its Docket – Henry Schein, Inc. v. Archer & White Sales, Inc.

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As we noted in our Dec. 19, 2018, blog article, there were three arbitration cases involving the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA), all argued in October 2018, pending on the Court’s docket. ...more

Dentons

US Supreme Court provides further clarity on who decides arbitrability

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Kompetenz-kompetenz is a well-established doctrine in international arbitration. It holds that an arbitral tribunal is competent to determine its own jurisdiction. Although most, if not all, modern arbitration rules...more

Shearman & Sterling LLP

Supreme Court Rules That Agreements Delegating Arbitrability Determinations To Arbitrators Must Be Enforced As Written And Are Not...

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On January 8, 2019, in a unanimous opinion authored by Justice Kavanaugh, the United States Supreme Court held that courts must enforce as written arbitration agreements that require the “gateway” question of arbitrability to...more

Fenwick & West LLP

Supreme Court Reinforces Enforceability of Delegation Clauses in Arbitration Agreements

by Fenwick & West LLP on

Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court held unanimously that when an arbitration delegates gateway issues of arbitrability to the arbitator to decide, a court may not consider questions of arbitrability, even where the party...more

Littler

Supreme Court Eliminates the "Wholly Groundless" Exception to Arbitration Agreements, Reinforcing the Force of Delegation...

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On January 8, 2019, in a unanimous opinion written by Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh, the Supreme Court ruled that where parties have agreed to delegate issues of arbitrability to an arbitrator, a court may not override...more

King & Spalding

U.S. Supreme Court Strikes Down “Wholly Groundless” Exception Where Parties Have Agreed to Arbitrate Arbitrators’ Jurisdiction

by King & Spalding on

On January 8, 2019, the United States Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision in Henry Schein, Inc. et al. v. Archer & White Sales, Inc., No. 17–1272, 2019 WL 122164 (U.S. Jan. 8, 2019), in which the Court yet again...more

Carlton Fields

Ninth Circuit Holds that Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Govern How to Calculate the FAA’s Three-Month Filing Deadline to Seek...

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The Ninth Circuit affirmed the denial of a petition to vacate an arbitration award because the petition was filed one day late. ...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Supreme Court strengthens enforceability of arbitration provisions

by Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP on

In his first Supreme Court opinion, Justice Kavanaugh, writing for a unanimous court, held that when a contract delegates to arbitrators gateway questions regarding arbitrability of disputes, courts may not override that...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

CALIFORNIA SNAPSHOT: Check Those Arbitration Agreements In Light Of SCOTUS Decision

by Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on

California employers should make sure the arbitrator decides on arbitrability. Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held that when a valid arbitration agreement allows the arbitrator to decide whether the...more

Shipman & Goodwin LLP

U.S. Supreme Court Decision Impacts Arbitration Clauses

by Shipman & Goodwin LLP on

In a unanimous opinion by the U.S. Supreme Court this week, the Court held that "a court may not decide an arbitrability question that the parties have delegated to an arbitrator." Henry Schein, Inc. v. Archer & White Sales,...more

Pepper Hamilton LLP

Kavanaugh's First Opinion: In Arbitration Agreements, Delegation Means Delegation

by Pepper Hamilton LLP on

The U.S. Supreme Court recently issued another decision making it easier for parties to arbitrate. This time, the Court did away with any exceptions to clauses delegating to arbitrators the right to decide their own...more

Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC

Supreme Court Confirms Enforceability of Delegation Clauses, Eliminates 'Wholly Groundless' Exception

by Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC on

In a unanimous decision, the first authored by Justice Brett Kavanaugh, the United States Supreme Court rejected the “wholly groundless” exception to the general rule that courts will enforce a “clear” and “unmistakable”...more

Dechert LLP

The Supreme Court of the United States Unanimously Reaffirms the Court’s Jurisprudence Enforcing Contractual Arbitration...

by Dechert LLP on

In Henry Schein, Inc., et al. v. Archer and White Sales, Inc., the Supreme Court of the United States once again rejected efforts to create exceptions to the Federal Arbitration Act’s command that courts enforce the terms of...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Arbitration Agreements Can Control Who Decides Arbitrability: Arbitrator or Court

by Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on

• The Supreme Court held that, under the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA), courts must enforce arbitration contracts according to their terms, including provisions authorizing arbitrators to decide “gateway” questions of...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

U.S. Supreme Court Rejects ‘Wholly Groundless’ Exception to Delegation Clauses in Arbitration Agreements

by Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on

On January 8, 2019, the United States Supreme Court issued a unanimous opinion in Henry Schein, Inc. v. Archer & White Sales, Inc. strengthening the enforceability of arbitration “delegation clauses.” These clauses have been...more

Payne & Fears

Employment Law Developments and Trends in 2018 for Nevada Employers

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Employment law is a dynamic practice area in which new law develops each year. Last year was no exception. This article, originally published in Nevada Lawyer by Matthew L. Durham and Chad D. Olsen, discusses notable...more

Clark Hill PLC

Kavanaugh’s First Opinion Rejects “Wholly Groundless” Exception to Arbitrability

by Clark Hill PLC on

On January 8, 2019, a unanimous Supreme Court held that a court may not decide gateway issues of arbitrability where the parties’ contract explicitly provides for an arbitrator to decide those issues. ...more

BakerHostetler

Supreme Court Overturns "Wholly Groundless" Exception to Contractual Delegations of Arbitrability Decisions to Arbitrators

by BakerHostetler on

On Jan. 8, 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision regarding an important procedural issue under the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA). In Henry Schein, Inc. v. Archer & White Sales, Inc., No. 17-1272, it held...more

Genova Burns LLC

Arbitrator to Decide Whether Dispute is Subject to Arbitration Even if Argument is “Wholly Groundless,” Supreme Court Holds

by Genova Burns LLC on

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled yesterday that parties to a contract may agree that an arbitrator, not the court, will decide whether a dispute is subject to arbitration (known as “arbitrability”). The case, Henry Schein, Inc....more

Bracewell LLP

Supreme Court Rules That Arbitrators Must Decide Whether A Dispute Is Arbitrable, Not Courts, When The Contract So Provides

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Yesterday January 8, 2019, in the first opinion issued by Justice Brett Kavanaugh, the United States Supreme Court held that courts may not use a “wholly groundless” exception to disregard contractual provisions delegating...more

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Supreme Court Concludes “Wholly Groundless” Exception Is Inconsistent With Federal Arbitration Act

by Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on

On January 8, 2019, the Supreme Court of the United States decided whether courts may disregard contractual language calling for an arbitrator to decide questions of arbitrability if the argument that the arbitration...more

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