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French Supreme Court on Track to Annul a US$15 Billion Award against Malaysia

On November 6, 2024, the French Supreme Court rejected the enforcement of an interim award on jurisdiction in the legal saga opposing Malaysia to the heirs of the Sultan of Sulu and spanning several jurisdictions. The Supreme...more

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July 2024 Case Summaries

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Summary: Courts must consider allegations of a racially hostile workplace “from the perspective of a reasonable person belonging to the racial or ethnic group of the plaintiff.” Under this framework, “a single racial epithet...more

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10th Circuit Reverses Class Certification in Claimed Off-the-Clock Case

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Court also holds that arbitrability questions must be resolved by the arbitrator - The 10th Circuit has decided two significant issues in an otherwise garden-variety off-the-clock case, one relating to arbitration and the...more

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Supreme Court Holds That Prejudice Is Not Part of an Arbitration Waiver Analysis Under the FAA

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The U.S. Supreme Court, in a May 23 decision, ruled that the federal policy favoring arbitration does not authorize federal courts to impose a prejudice requirement when evaluating whether a party has waived its right to...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Step-by-Step: Failure to Strictly Comply With Dispute Resolution Procedure Can Waive Contractual Right to Arbitrate

Most state and federal courts have expressed a strong preference for parties to resolve their legal disputes via binding arbitration when there is an arbitration clause applicable to the dispute, but there are instances where...more

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Is my conduct a violation of the Consumer Sales Practices Act?

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The Bullet Point: Ohio Commercial Law Bulletin Is my conduct a violation of the Consumer Sales Practices Act? Volume 4, Issue 18 October 2, 2020 Unconscionable arbitration agreement Klonowski v. Lynch, 8th Dist. Cuyahoga...more

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Key California Employment Law Cases: December 2019

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This month's key California employment law cases involve disability discrimination, wage and hour, and arbitration agreements enforcement. Doe v. Dept. of Corrections & Rehabilitation, No. E071224, 2019 WL 6907515 (Cal....more

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Web Exclusive: The Top 14 Workplace Law Stories Of December 2019

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It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more

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Key California Employment Law Cases: September 2019

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ZB, N.A. v. Super Ct. of San Diego Cty., 8 Cal. 5th 175, 252 Cal. Rptr. 3d 228 (2019) - Summary:  Employee may not recover unpaid wages under Labor Code section 558 through PAGA. Facts:  Plaintiff Lawson worked for...more

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Key California Employment Law Cases: April 2019

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This month's key employment law cases address the enforcement of arbitration agreements. Diaz v. Sohnen Enters., 34 Cal. App. 5th 126, 245 Cal. Rptr. 3d 827 (2019) Summary:  When employee continues his or her employment...more

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Who Decides the “Class Arbitrability” Issue: Fifth Circuit Joins Consensus That It Is a Court, Not an Arbitrator, But Evidently...

Add the Fifth Circuit to the growing list of Federal Circuit Courts that have decided that “class arbitrability” is a gateway question for a court, rather than an arbitrator, to decide in the first instance, absent the...more

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Fifth Circuit Holds Parties Did Not Enter Into Arbitration Agreement Under the FAA

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Estella Trammell was an at-will employee of AccentCare. She challenged the district court’s order requiring her to arbitrate a pay dispute with AccentCare. The district court held that there was an enforceable arbitration...more

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Second Circuit Sends Home Care Worker’s Putative Class Claims to Union Arbitration on an Individual Basis

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On July 2, 2019, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit handed a significant victory to New York’s home care industry.  In Abdullayeva v. Attending Home Care Services, the appellate court reversed a lower court’s...more

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U.S. Supreme Court Said “No” to Class Arbitration in Employment-Related Data Breach Dispute Because Arbitration Agreement...

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The U.S. Supreme Court issued two 5-4 decisions in as many months regarding class procedures. Lamp Plus, Inc. v. Varela, 587 U. S. ____ (2019) was favorable to corporate defendants by limiting the availability of class...more

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Supreme Court Rules Class Arbitrations Must Be Explicitly Authorized

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On April 24, 2019, in a 5-4 decision split along ideological lines, the Supreme Court held in Lamps Plus, Inc. v. Varela that class arbitration is not available where arbitration agreements are unclear about whether the...more

Hudson Cook, LLP

Keep the Light On: U.S. Supreme Court Holds that Clear Consent is Required for Classwide Arbitration in Lamps Plus, Inc. v. Varela

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We have good news from the U.S. Supreme Court for creditors who use arbitration agreements. On April 24, 2019, in Lamps Plus v. Varela, the Supreme Court held in a 5-4 decision that courts may no longer infer from an...more

Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP

Good News for Employers: Express Consent Required for Class Arbitration

Last year, the United States Supreme Court ruled that class action waivers in employment arbitration agreements are enforceable. But, the ruling did not address an agreement that is silent or ambiguous regarding the intent to...more

Vedder Price

Class-Wide Arbitration May Not Be Compelled in the Face of an “Ambiguous” Arbitration Agreement

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In a case with important implications for employers, Lamps Plus, Inc. v. Varela, the United States Supreme Court held that class-wide arbitration may not be compelled pursuant to an arbitration agreement that is ambiguous as...more

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Supreme Court’s Lamp Plus Brings Ambiguity in Classwide Arbitration to Light

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In 2016, a hacker tricked an employee of petitioner Lamps Plus Inc. into disclosing tax information of about 1,300 company employees. ...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

South Carolina Supreme Court Says “No” to Binding Non-Signatories to Arbitration Clause

The Supreme Court of South Carolina recently determined that non-signatory insureds could not be compelled to arbitrate their claims under an arbitration clause in an agency agreement where the insureds did not obtain a...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

U.S. Supreme Court Says Arbitration Agreements Exclude Class Arbitration Absent Consent

In last year’s Epic Systems decision, the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) allows mandatory arbitration agreements that preclude class or collective action claims. In other words, a party to the...more

Vedder Price

SCOTUS Catapults Class Arbitration Onto the Endangered Species List

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On April 24, 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an important decision touching a number of hot button issues and litigation threats facing American businesses — including class actions, arbitration agreements and data...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Individualized Arbitration Where Agreement Is Ambiguous on Issue of Class Arbitration

In a 2010 decision, Stolt-Nielsen S. A. v. Animalfeeds International Corp., the United States Supreme Court held that parties may not be compelled to submit to class arbitration under the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) unless...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Lights out for class arbitration – Lamps Plus holds that class arbitration cannot be read into ambiguous arbitration clauses

Consistent with prior US Supreme Court opinions, the Supreme Court held on April 24, 2019, that contractual ambiguity regarding class arbitration may not be construed against the drafter because of Federal Arbitration Act...more

Morgan Lewis

US Supreme Court Holds No Class Arbitration Absent Express Consent: Four Things to Know

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The US Supreme Court’s recent decision in Lamps Plus means that parties with arbitration agreements governed by the Federal Arbitration Act may now compel arbitration without worrying that the court will order class...more

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