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2012 Year-in-Review – SCOTUS Arbitration Case Law
By Victoria VanBuren - January 7, 2013
During 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court decided several cases related to arbitration: On January 10, 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down CompuCredit Corporation v. Greenwood. The issue in CompuCredit was whether claims under the Credit Repair Organizations Act are subject to arbitration. The Court held that because the Credit Repair Organizations Act is silent on whether claims can proceed in an arbitrable forum, the Federal Arbitration Act requ
U.S. Supreme Court Grants Certiorari to Yet Another Class Arbitration Case
By Victoria VanBuren - December 10, 2012
On December 7, 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari to Oxford Health Plans LLC v. Sutter, Docket No. 12-135. The case below is: Sutter v. Oxford Health Plans LLC, 675 F.3d 215 (3d Cir. N.J. 2012). The questions presented is as follows: In Stolt-Nielsen v. AnimalFeeds International Corp., 130 S. Ct. 1758, 1776 (2010), this Court made clear that “class-action arbitration changes the nature of arbitration to such a degree that it ca
U.S. Supreme Court Grants Cert to Class Arbitration Case
By Victoria VanBuren - November 14, 2012
Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear American Express Co. v. Italian Colors Restaurant, Docket No. 12-133. The issue is whether the Federal Arbitration Act permits courts, invoking the “federal substantive law of arbitrability,” to invalidate arbitration agreements on the ground that they do not permit class arbitration of a federal-law claim. Read our previous post about the case below here. Bloomberg’s coverage of the case is
Article | Does Class Arbitration ‘Change the Nature’ of Arbitration? Stolt-Nielsen, AT&T and a Return to First Principles
By Victoria VanBuren - October 3, 2012
Professor S.I. Strong (University of Missouri School of Law) has published “Does Class Arbitration ‘Change the Nature’ of Arbitration? Stolt-Nielsen, AT&T and a Return to First Principles,” 17 Harvard Negotiation Law Review 201 (2012). The abstract is: In Stolt-Nielsen S.A. v. AnimalFeeds International Corp., the United States Supreme Court stated that class arbitration “changes the nature of arbitration,” an idea that was also reflect
Article | Mass Procedures as a Form of ‘Regulatory Arbitration’ | Abaclat v. Argentine Republic and the International Investment Regime
By Victoria VanBuren - September 19, 2012
Professor S.I. Strong (University of Missouri School of Law) has posted “Mass Procedures as a Form of ‘Regulatory Arbitration’ – Abaclat v. Argentine Republic and the International Investment Regime,” 38 The Journal of Corporation Law __ (forthcoming 2013) on SSRN. The abstract is: Commentators and counsel agree that Abaclat v. Argentine Republic is one of the most important investment arbitrations in recent years. Described alternatively as “unp
GUEST-POST | Credit Card Arbitration by the (New) Numbers: Why Do Credit Card Issuers Use Arbitration Clauses?
By Victoria VanBuren - August 28, 2012
by Don Philbin The wide-spread use of arbitration clauses in consumer credit card agreements was one of the reasons for creating the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). One of the by-products of the Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009 is an extensive database of credit card agreements. Professor Chris Drahozal takes a rigorous look at that data to test arbitration assumptions in the most recent issue of t
Fifth Circuit Vacates Arbitral Award Because Arbitrator Ordered Class Arbitration Without a Sufficient Contractual or Legal Basis
By Victoria VanBuren - May 29, 2012
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled that an arbitrator exceeded his powers by ordering class arbitration without a sufficient contractual or legal basis for doing so. Background In Reed v. Florida Metropolitan University, Inc. No. 11-50509 (5th Cir. May 18, 2012) Plaintiff Jeffrey Reed obtained a bachelor’s degree in paralegal studies at Everest University Online’s (“Everest”) distance learning p
In Re American Express Merchants’ Litigation | The Meaning of AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion
By Victoria VanBuren - March 8, 2012
Bloomberg Law published recently an interesting article by Andrew Pincus from Mayer Brown LLP regarding the Second Circuit case In Re American Express Merchants’ Litigation, No. 06-1871-cv, (2d Cir. Feb. 1, 2012): Does the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion – holding that arbitration clauses may not be invalidated on the ground that they contain class-action waivers – apply only when the underlying caus
NLRB Finds that Certain Arbitration Agreements Violate Federal Labor Law
By Victoria VanBuren - January 10, 2012
As the New York Times reports, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruled on January 3, 2012 that employers could not prevent workers from filing work-related class actions. This ruling will effectively make certain employment agreements that require workers to pursue all claims individually via arbitration null and void. The decision on D. R. Horton, Inc. and Michael Cuda, Case 12–CA–25764 is here and the NLRB press release is here. Stay tu
GUEST-POST PART II | No Mass Arbitration in ICSID Cases – The Abaclat Dissent
By Victoria VanBuren - December 12, 2011
By S.I. Strong Some interesting new arguments found their way into the dissenting opinion. For example, the dissent considered how mass claims are treated under various United Nations mass claims processes, claiming that these processes are analogous to ICSID arbitrations. See Award dated October 28, 2011, ¶¶ 176-81. This is an interesting proposition that bears closer analysis, since there are likely a variety of ways that the Permanent Court of
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