Andre Balazs Properties firmly validated the authority of federal courts to enforce arbitration awards made in cases already ...
Federal courts cannot dismiss lawsuits they’ve ruled are subject to mandatory arbitration when the party compelling arbitration requests a stay, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday in Smith v.
What happens when a party required by contract to arbitrate a claim tries pursuing it in court, nonetheless? Should the case be dismissed? Or must the court hold the case on its docket while the ...
Some of the thorniest issues arise when parties disagree as to the permissibility of third-party discovery or a third party who is not subject to the arbitration agreement refuses to respond to ...
In close succession, the Supreme Court of the United States recently decided two short but meaningful cases that arbitration litigants must keep in mind: Coinbase, Inc. v. Suski, 144 S.Ct. 1186 (May ...
Arbitration is a process whereby the parties to a dispute agree that it will be privately decided outside of the normal court process. Instead of the formal and heavily structured litigation ...
Brokerage industry employment transitions – job cuts and the movement of registered representatives to other firms and independent channels – likely have led to a spike of industry-related arbitration ...
Disciplinary hearings in the most egregious cases of police misconduct could be pushed behind closed doors if an appellate court sides with Chicago’s largest police union this week. Most officers ...
Live entertainment giant Ticketmaster recently inserted language into its user agreements that steers customer lawsuits into a corporate-friendly private justice system, just months after a federal ...