U.S. Supreme Court

Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Vaden v. Discover Bank (No. 07-773) 556 U.S. __ (2009). Interpreting section 4 of the FAA, the Court held that the federal court had no jurisdiction to compel arbitration because the underlying dispute arose under state law and the whole controversy did not qualify for federal-court adjudication. Special thanks to our friend Ross Runkel for bringing this important case to our attention. Visit here profess

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Today was a busy day at the U.S. Supreme Court; five opinions were handed down. Others have commented about them all. One of the opinions, however, discusses Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”) preemption of state administrative proceedings and as such is something we need to mention. The case, Preston vs. Ferrer (link is to .pdf file), involves a dispute between noted television jurist Judge Alex and an attorney who may or may not have b

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