Ancestry.com DNA LLC (“Ancestry”) has reportedly asked the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit to order a putative class action lawsuit that was filed on behalf of a group of minors who Alleged the company violated the Illinois Genetic Information Privacy Act (“GIPA”) to arbitration.
Continue reading...Yesterday, the Supreme Court of the United States held a district court must stay its proceedings pending resolution of an interlocutory appeal related to the question of arbitrability of a dispute that was filed pursuant to 9 U. S. C. §16(a).
Continue reading...Professor Amy J. Schmitz, John Deaver Drinko-Baker & Hostetler Chair in Law and Co-Director of the Translational Data Analytics Institute Responsible Data Science CoP at the Moritz College of Law, has published “Resolving NFT and Smart Contract Disputes,” in The Cambridge Handbook on the Law and Policy of NFTs (Cambridge 2023); Ohio State Legal Studies Research Paper No. 717.
Continue reading...The National Center for State Courts (“NCSC”) has prepared and published a “Remote Proceeding Toolkit.” This useful document addresses the basics of remote proceedings, policies, and technology considerations.
Continue reading...The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has affirmed an order vacating an arbitration award after equitably tolling the statutory deadline to challenge it enumerated in 9 U.S.C. § 12 due to fraud.
Continue reading...The National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals (“NADN”) recently conducted a survey of litigators titled “The Customer Is Always Right(?)”.
Continue reading...A Mississippi federal judge has blocked a Department of Health and Human Services’ Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) regulation that bars federally funded nursing homes from utilizing pre-dispute binding arbitration agreements.
Continue reading...Yesterday, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services published a regulation that bans federally funded long-term care facilities such as nursing homes from using pre-dispute binding arbitration agreements.
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To learn more about Karl and his team, or to schedule a mediation or arbitration with Karl’s live scheduling calendar, visit www.karlbayer.com.
Disputing is published by Karl Bayer, a dispute resolution expert based in Austin, Texas. Articles published on Disputing aim to provide original insight and commentary around issues related to arbitration, mediation and the alternative dispute resolution industry.
To learn more about Karl and his team, or to schedule a mediation or arbitration with Karl’s live scheduling calendar, visit www.karlbayer.com.