The Ninth Circuit upheld the District Court’s injunction against enforcement of California Assembly Bill 51 (“AB 51”), a law that prohibited employers from requiring mandatory arbitration agreements as […]
Second Circuit Upholds the Enforceability of an Arbitration Filing Deadline, and Finds Litigants Cannot Evade Arbitral Confidentiality Rules in Court Filings
On August 4, 2023, in In re IBM Arbitration Agreement Litigation, the Second Circuit upheld an arbitration agreement that required employees to arbitrate any claims arising from their […]
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[PODCAST] Mass Arbitration Series, Part 2: JAMS’ Process | JAMS
The latest Arbitration Acumen Podcast episode features a conversation with James P. Duffy IV of Bracewell LLP and Elizabeth Carter, senior vice president of operations at JAMS and […]
Supreme Court to Clarify Which Workers Can Avoid Arbitration
The Supreme Court will hear a decision examining the scope of an exemption from the Federal Arbitration Act with potentially significant ramifications. * * * On October 20, 2025, the […]
Legal Feud Ends Following Arbitration
The bitter legal dispute between Hall & Oates duo Daryl Hall and John Oates has come to an end. The pair became locked in litigation back in 2023 […]
Long Island Neurosurgery Practice Loses Lawsuit Over Medical Billing Arbitration
A neurosurgery practice couldn’t persuade a Brooklyn federal court to accept allegations that the federal government was letting insurers game the dispute resolution process for surprise medical bills, […]
Investors Argue Binance’s Arbitration Demand Tests US Eleventh Circuit Precedent
An investor class that alleged that CEO Changpeng Zhao and the crypto platform Binance.com sold them unregistered securities argued on Monday that the defendants failed to cite the […]
Federal Judge Denies Arbitration in Thompson Hine Sexual Harassment, Discrimination Case
A lawsuit filed by former Thompson Hine partner Rebecca Brazzano, alleging she suffered sexual harassment and gender discrimination at the firm, will move forward following a federal judge’s […]
Lawsuits Claim Plaintiffs Firms Are ‘Weaponizing’ Mass Arbitration
Companies are pushing back against what they claim to be a “weaponization” of their arbitration agreements by plaintiffs firms. Three lawsuits targeting plaintiffs firms who file mass arbitrations […]
Kids’ Clothing Company Sues Thousands of Claimants Over ‘Weaponized’ Arbitration
Children’s clothing brand Janie & Jack is accusing law firm Zimmerman Reed of “weaponizing arbitration agreements” after more than 2,000 claimants sought individual arbitration over allegations of tracking […]