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Supreme Court Rules on the Requirements for a Waiver of the Right to Arbitrate

The United States Supreme Court recently resolved a circuit split regarding when a party has waived its contractual right to arbitrate by participating in litigation prior to seeking to arbitrate a dispute. In Morgan v....more

Stark & Stark

Use It or Lose It: Supreme Court Rules Against Special Rules Favoring Arbitration When Deciding Waiver of That Right

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On May 23, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court, in a unanimous decision, decided Morgan v. Sundance, Inc., No. 21-328, in favor of an employee who sued her employer, a Taco Bell franchisee, for wage theft. The Court concluded that...more

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Does the Federal Arbitration Act Favor Arbitration?

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A recent decision of the United States Supreme Court addressed a circuit split regarding the propriety of arbitration-specific procedural rules. In support of adopting such rules, nine of the eleven federal circuits...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Arbitration Clauses as Separate Executory Contracts

This term, Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan has authored a pair of opinions related to arbitration. The first of these decisions, Badgerow v. Walters, 20-1143, 142 S. Ct. 1310 (2022) came down on March 31, 2022, where...more

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP

Supreme Court Makes It Easier to Challenge Delayed Arbitration Request

Resolving an issue over when a party has waived their right to arbitrate, the United States Supreme Court recently granted plaintiff’s a major victory, holding that litigants are no longer required to show prejudice when...more

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SCOTUS displays short memory in rejecting the prejudice requirement for waivers of the right to arbitrate

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Takeaway: In Morgan v. Sundance, Inc., --- S. Ct. ----, No. 21-328, 2022 WL 1611788 (May 23, 2022), the Supreme Court rejected the arbitration-specific rule requiring a finding of prejudice for a waiver of the right to...more

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SCOTUS: Waiver of Arbitration Does Not Require Prejudice

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A unanimous Supreme Court held May 23 that a party’s waiver of its arbitration right does not require showing prejudice to an opposing party, because the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”) prohibits arbitration-specific rules....more

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