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Article | From Class to Collective: The De-Americanization of Class Arbitration
By Beth Graham - November 16, 2010
S.I Strong, Associate Professor of Law at the University of Missouri and contributor to this blog, recently wrote an interesting article entitled From Class to Collective: The De-Americanization of Class Arbitration, Arbitration International, Vol. 26, No. 4, 2010. In the article, Professor Strong considers in detail what new forms of group arbitration will likely arise in the future. Here is the Abstract: Opponents to international class arbitra
Law Review Article | The Litigation-Arbitration Dichotomy Meets the Class Action
By Beth Graham - November 1, 2010
A forthcoming article entitled “The Litigation-Arbitration Dichotomy Meets the Class Action” by Vanderbilt Law Professor and Director of the Cecil D. Branstetter Litigation & Dispute Resolution Program Richard A. Nagareda makes some interesting and compelling arguments related to AT&T Mobility, LLC v. Concepcion, 09-893, a case set for argument before the U.S. Supreme Court on November 9th. The article examines two cases from
Supreme Court News
By Beth Graham - October 7, 2010
The U.S. Supreme Court term is in full swing. Class-wide arbitration agreements have been a hot topic in the courts recently and the trend is continuing with the high court this fall. ADR news to note: Scheduled for November 9, 2010 Oral Argument AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion, 09-893: A class-wide arbitration case from the 9th Circuit asking the Court to consider whether the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) preempts states from conditioning en
Article | Unresolved Questions in the Wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Class Arbitration Ruling in Stolt-Nielsen v. AnimalFeeds International
By Victoria VanBuren - August 16, 2010
We came across the article Unresolved Questions in the Wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Class Arbitration Ruling in Stolt-Nielsen v. AnimalFeeds International, by Robert E. Crotty from Kelley Drye & Warren LLP. Here is an excerpt: The U.S. Supreme Court’s April 27 ruling in Stolt-Nielsen v. AnimalFeeds Int’l. (No. 08-1198), leaves numerous questions unanswered, says attorney Robert E. Crotty in this BNA Insight. The five-justice majority rule
Stolt-Nielsen v. AnimalFeeds | Blawgosphere Roundup on Class Action Arbitration Case
By Victoria VanBuren - May 13, 2010
Following are links to noteworthy commentary about the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision on Stolt-Nielsen S.A. et al. v. AnimalFeeds Int’l Corp., No. 08-1198, April 27, 2010. The Court’s decision may be downloaded here. GUEST POST: Stolt-Nielsen Opens More Doors Than It Closes, S.I. Strong, Disputing (May 6, 2010) Goldman’s Take on AnimalFeeds, Alvin Goldman, ADR Prof Blog (May 3, 2010) US Supreme Court Rejects Non-Consensual Class Arbitra
GUEST-POST | Stolt-Nielsen Opens More Doors Than It Closes
By Victoria VanBuren - May 6, 2010
By S.I. Strong Although the decision in Stolt-Nielsen S.A. v. AnimalFeeds International Corp. is being read by some as signaling the end of class arbitration –not just as we know it, but in virtually all possible forms– the opinion actually goes nowhere near that far. Instead, the 5-3 opinion can be largely limited to its facts, leaving significant questions unanswered. In some regards, the decision authored by Justice Alito is clear. In answerin
GUEST-POST | Professor Stipanowich Comments on Stolt-Nielsen v. AnimalFeeds
By Victoria VanBuren - April 28, 2010
By Thomas J. Stipanowich The thrust of the majority opinion authored by Justice Alito was to shun the rationale of the plurality in the Court’s earlier decision in Green Tree Financial Corp. v. Bazzle, 539 U.S. 444 (2003)), which characterized the question of whether class arbitration as a matter of “procedure” growing out of the dispute. Instead, the majority founded its decision on Supreme Court “precedents [under the FA
U.S. Supreme Court Rules on Stolt-Nielsen v. AnimalFeeds
By Victoria VanBuren - April 27, 2010
[UPDATE: Read professor Thomas J. Stipanowich’s comments about the case here and professor S.I. Strong’s here.] Today, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its decision on Stolt-Nielsen v. AnimalFeeds. The Court’s decision may be downloaded here. The Court held that “”Imposing class arbitration on parties who have not agreed to authorize class arbitration is inconsistent with the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA), 9 U. S.
Michigan Journal of International Law Article on Class Action Arbitration
By Victoria VanBuren - September 23, 2009
Professor S.I. Strong, Senior Fellow at the University of Missouri’s Center for the Study of Dispute Resolution wrote an excellent article about the international implications of class arbitration. The article is entitled “The Sounds of Silence: Are U.S. Arbitrators Creating Internationally Enforceable Awards When Ordering Class Arbitration in Cases of Contractual Silence or Ambiguity?” and appears at 30 Michigan Journal of Inte
GUEST-POST PART IVB | Class and Consolidated Arbitration Under the Federal Arbitration Act: What Issues Will the United States Supreme Court Confront in Stolt-Nielsen, S.A. V. AnimalFeeds Int’l Co.?
By Victoria VanBuren - September 21, 2009
Part IVB: How will the Court Rule on the Merits? By Philip J. Loree Jr. I. Introduction In Part IVA (here) we considered whether the question in Stolt-Nielsen was one for the court or the arbitrators to decide, and predicted that at least five Justices of the United States Supreme Court will hold that the court must decide it. If we are correct, then the Supreme Court will consider on a de novo basis whether the arbitration panel had the authorit
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