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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. 
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SEC Continues to Grapple with Mandatory Arbitration Hot Potato

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The Securities and Exchange Commission has again had to confront how to react to a mandatory arbitration provision that would have the effect of denying investors the ability to pursue federal securities law claims as a class...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

Mandatory Arbitration

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In recent comments, Commissioner Peirce shared her views on the role of the Securities and Exchange Commission in expressing a view regarding mandatory arbitration provisions....more

Ballard Spahr LLP

SEC consumer advocates launch misguided preemptive attack on arbitration clauses

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Having lost the battle to prohibit class action waivers in consumer arbitration agreements, consumer advocates have embarked on a new crusade....more

Ballard Spahr LLP

SEC Consumer Advocates Launch Misguided Preemptive Attack on Arbitration Clauses

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Having lost the battle to prohibit class action waivers in consumer arbitration agreements, consumer advocates have embarked on a new crusade....more

Allen Matkins

Will FAA Give Wings To Arbitration Bylaws?

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In January, I discussed the Court of Appeal’s decision in Cobb v. Ironwood Country Club, 233 Cal. App. 4th 960 (Cal. App. 4th Dist. 2015). I found the case interesting because the Court applied a contract law analysis to an...more

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