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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Bans Arbitration Organization
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has banned Ejudicate from arbitrating disputes On October 10, 2024, the Consumer Financial...
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Oct 20, 20241 min read
Avoiding Forced Arbitration Regarding Sexual Harassment Occurring Before the Effective Date of the New Law
Patricia Olivieri filed a lawsuit against her employer, Stifel, Nicolaus & Co., alleging gender-based discrimination, a hostile work...
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Sep 14, 20241 min read
Will Artificial Intelligence Replace Judges and Arbitrators?
Nevada plans to implement an AI system to expedite the decision-making process for unemployment claims appeals. The state’s Department...
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Sep 14, 20242 min read
Transportation Worker Exemption under the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA)
In the case of Neal Bissonette and Tyler Wojnarowski v. Flowers Foods, Inc. , the petitioners, who distributed baked goods for the...
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Aug 11, 20241 min read
Stay in District Court After Order Compelling Arbitration
In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court Court holds when a district court finds that a lawsuit involves an arbitrable dispute and a...
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Jul 18, 20243 min read
No Merits Discovery While Motion to Compel Arbitration Pending
When a motion to compel arbitration is pending in court, parties are not entitled to merit-based discovery. This principle was affirmed...
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Jul 9, 20241 min read
Who Resolves Conflicting Contract Provisions?
The Supreme Court resolves the question who resolves conflicting contract provisions where one contract sends all disputes including...
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Jun 19, 20241 min read
Class Action Arbitrability under JAMS Employment Rules
JAMS Employment Rules clearly and unmistakably provide that an arbitrator decides questions of class arbitrability. Joseph Work v...
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Jun 10, 20242 min read
Federal Court Stay of Arbitration Disputes
In a unanimous decision, the United States Supreme Court holds when a district court finds that a lawsuit involves an arbitrable dispute...
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May 26, 20242 min read
Arbitration Waiver Criteria
The Beaumont Texas Court of Appeals answers the question whether a clause that delegated “arbitrability” and “scope of agreement”...
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May 22, 20242 min read
Designated Arbitration Forum No Longer Exists
Plaintiff Keith Jensen sued Burgers of Beaumont I, Ltd., d/b/a Whataburger (Whataburger) for sex and sexual orientation discrimination...
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Apr 28, 20241 min read
Fifth Circuit Circumscribes Definition of Transportation Worker Under Federal Arbitration Act
An employee who does not play a direct role in transportation of goods across borders is not exempt from §1 of the Federal Arbitration...
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Apr 28, 20241 min read
Supreme Court Broadens Transportation Worker Exemption under Federal Arbitration Act
A transportation worker need not work in the transportation industry to be exempt from the Federal Arbitration Act. Petitioners Neal...
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Apr 28, 20241 min read
Individual who permits third party to by a ticket and present the ticket for admittance to an event on his behalf is bound by term requiring arbitration
Ashton Mott purchased a ticket for WrestleMania 38 for himself and his uncle Marvin Jackson. While purchasing the ticket online, Mott was...
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Mar 28, 20241 min read
Criminalizing Mandatory Arbitration as a Condition of Employment
Ninth Circuit Judge Ikuta summarized this case succinctly in his opening paragraph stating: “California enacted Assembly Bill 51 (AB 51)...
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Jan 12, 20241 min read
Mass Arbitration
49,986 Petitioners filed for individual arbitrations against two Samsung Entities (Samsung Electronics America, Inc. and Samsung...
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Jan 11, 20242 min read
What Happens When the Designated Arbitration Forum Declines To Administer Arbitration?
In an opinion described by the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit as “precedential”, the court answers the question...
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Dec 23, 20231 min read
Dispute with Successor Employer Not Covered by Agreement
Israel Garza, Larrie Gurule, and Heather Bustos (Plaintiffs) filed a federal lawsuit alleging Ayvaz Pizza, LLC (Ayvaz) violated the Fair...
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Nov 27, 20232 min read
Non-signtory Not Entitled to Arbitration
Bequest Funds, LLC (Bequest) retained Rainstar Financial Group, LLC (Rainstar) to provide commercial loan brokerage services. As a...
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Nov 27, 20231 min read
Notice of Mandatory Arbitration Disputed
Kass v. PayPal presents the issue whether plaintiff agreed to mandatory arbitration. No 22-2575, United States Court of Appeals, Seventh...
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Oct 11, 20231 min read
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