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Lewis Brisbois Seeks Arbitration in Pay Spat With Ex-Partner
Bloomberg Law· 18 minutes agoBrisbois Bisgaard & Smith is trying to force arbitration with a former partner who sued the firm in part over its efforts to claw back ...
Supreme Court Rules FAA Requires Courts to Grant Stay Requests After Compelling Arbitration
The National Law Review· 16 hours agoThe Supreme Court held that Section 3 of the FAA requires federal courts to grant stays of lawsuits...
Ninth Circuit Holds That Arbitration Clause in “Sign-In Wrap Agreement” Is Enforceable | JD Supra
JD Supra· 1 day agoThe Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals recently reversed the denial of a motion to compel arbitration after concluding ...
5th Circuit: Louisiana Law Voids Arbitration Clause in Surplus Lines Policies
Insurance Journal· 6 hours agoA panel of the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled this week that a Louisiana statute voids the...
A Few Key Concepts In Arbitration Agreements & Disputes | JD Supra
JD Supra· 1 day ago“Arbitration is a creature of contract.” This does not mean that arbitration is a fictional creation or some other-worldly lifeform. Notwithstanding, it ...
JD Supra: From Skinware to Spyware: L’Occitane’s CIPA War Against the Plaintiffs’ Bar
JD Supra· 21 hours agoWhile French skincare company L’Occitane (the “Company”) successfully thwarted a mass arbitration effort by plaintiffs’ firm Zimmerman Reed and approximately 3,000 customers ...
Second Circuit Casts Doubt on Overly Restrictive Arbitration Clauses in ERISA Plans | JD Supra
JD Supra· 1 day agoEmployers in New York, Connecticut and Vermont should revisit their employee benefit plan documents if they believe that any of their plans may have an arbitration clause ...
Jurisdictional challenges to enjoining or staying international arbitrations in US courts | JD Supra
JD Supra· 2 days agoarbitrations that fall under the New York Convention. In Landbridge, the District Court found that 9 U.S.C. § 205, which permits defendants to remove from ...
Conflict of Contracts: SCOTUS Backs Courts Rather Than Arbitrators to Resolve | JD Supra
JD Supra· 1 day agoWith its recent decision in Coinbase Inc. v. Suski, the U.S. Supreme Court held that when parties have agreed to two separate contracts, one sending arbitrability disputes ...
Franchisee 101: Frozen Out of Court | JD Supra
JD Supra· 3 days agoA Florida district court granted a motion to stay court proceedings pending arbitration between a franchisor and a third-party, non-signatory ...