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EDVA Judge Invalidates Arbitration Clause in Online Terms and Conditions

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In a recent decision, EDVA Judge Rossie Alston invalidated the arbitration clause in the terms and conditions for online sales through the Lowe’s Home Centers website on the grounds that the terms and conditions were illusory...more

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Do reasonable endeavours require accepting non-contractual performance to reach a reasonable outcome?

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In the UK Supreme Court's judgment in RTI Ltd v MUR Shipping BV [2024] UKSC 18, which was handed down last week, it considered what obligations the words “reasonable endeavours” placed on a party, in the context of a force...more

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Ninth Circuit: “Transportation Exemption” Does Not Apply to Arbitration Clauses Between Corporate Entities or in Commercial...

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Two days before the United States Supreme Court ruled in Bissonnette v. LePage Bakeries Park St., LLC, that the Federal Arbitration Act’s (FAA) transportation worker exemption (meaning the FAA would not apply) extends beyond...more

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Court Confirms Arbitration Award Against Non-Signatory Intervening Party in Arbitration

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Paychex Inc. had entered into an agreement to provide a company, Dan-Gulf Shipping Inc., with payroll-related services. The agreement contained an arbitration clause governed by the rules of the American Arbitration...more

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EDVA Judge Grants Emergency Motion to Stay Pending Arbitration Until Issue of Arbitrability Resolved

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On June 12, Judge Hudson granted an emergency motion to stay arbitration proceedings, pending the court’s resolution of the issue of arbitrability in a case pending in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of...more

Robinson+Cole Manufacturing Law Blog

Manufacturing Contracts: Considerations for Dispute Resolution Clauses

Over the years, I have written a lot about manufacturing disputes and how to resolve them short of litigation. The first step often is looking at what the parties have agreed to in any applicable contracts about how to...more

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Towards a Practical Framework for Mass Claims Under Investment Treaty Arbitration

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The globalization of business streams has led to the rise of groups of potential claimants with similar cross-border claims, such as claims related to products or services offered on a global basis, mass disasters or economic...more

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Amazon to Arbitrate Price Gouging Class Action, Leaving Open Questions of Platform Liability

Class actions plaintiffs and state enforcers have tried to use state price gouging laws to hold online retailers accountable for prices set by third parties. It remains unclear, however, whether platforms will—or can, under...more

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It’s a Wrap – The Year in India That Was

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Key developments in the Indian legal landscape in 2016 - From the Startup India campaign launched in January 2016 to the coming into force of substantial provisions of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code in December 2016,...more

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