Category: Arbitration
Two State Courts Reject Arbitration Because Clause Lacked Administrator
From Lexology, Liz Kramer discusses recent cases in Missouri and New Jersey in which the court…
New Jersey Court Rules That Arbitration Agreements Must Address The Forum For Arbitration
From JDSupra, Rachel Mongiello reports on a recent case in New Jersey in which the court would not…
US Supreme Court Begins New Term with Three Arbitration Cases Set for Oral Argument in October
From Lexology, Daniel B. Pasternak discusses three cases that are before the Supreme Court involving (i) whether…
Kentucky Supreme Court Holds Employers May Not Require Arbitration Agreements As A Condition Of Employment
From JDSupra, Mark Gerano, Samia Kirmani, Ryan Martin, Abraham Saiger, Brendan Sweeney, and Sherry Swieca discuss a recent case from the Kentucky Supreme…
Supreme Court Hears Argument on Applicability of Federal Arbitration Act to Transportation Independent Contractor Agreements
From JDSupra, Linda Auerbach Allderdice, Michael Maroney, and Jameson Rice discuss a case before the Supreme Court which considers whether…
Colorado Court of Appeals Confirms the Broad Scope of “Arising Under” Arbitration Agreements and Expands Duty-of-Loyalty Claims
From JDSupra, Stephen Baumann II and Adrienne Scheffey discuss a Colorado case that interprets the phrase “arising under” broadly….
Eleventh Circuit: Court Will Decide Parties’ Intentions In ‘Unclear’ Arbitration Agreements
From JDSupra, Stephanie Adler-Paindiris discusses a case in which the court said whether an issue can be litigated…
Class Wide Arbitrations – Who Gets to Decide?
From Lexology, Tyler S. Laughinghouse and Ryan A. Glasgow discuss a decision in which the court said…
Illinois District Court Finds that Uber’s Arbitration Agreement is Enforceable in a Putative Class Action and Dismisses Class Claims
From Lexology, Erin Kubota discusses a case upholding Uber’s arbitration clause and dismissing a class action claim….
Ninth Circuit Decertifies Class of 160,000 Alleging Misclassification as Independent Contractors
From Lexology, Erin Norris Bass reports that the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals said that Uber…
Supreme Court’s Decision Upholding Arbitration Agreements Extended to the FLSA
From Lexology, Cullen E. Jones and Robert T. Quakenboss discuss a recent court case in which the…
And Yes, Epic Systems Applies to Independent Contractors, Too
From Lexology, Gregory V. Mersol reports on a case in the Sixth Circuit which held that independent…
