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10th Circuit Holds FAA Preempts New Mexico Law in Nursing Home Dispute
By Beth Graham - March 9, 2014
The United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit has held the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) preempts a state law that states “a compulsory-arbitration provision in a contract may be unconscionable, and therefore unenforceable, if it applies only, or primarily, to claims that just one party to the contract is likely to bring.”
The ‘Circle of Assent’ Doctrine and the Mandatory Pre-Dispute Arbitration Clause
By Beth Graham - March 6, 2014
Paul Bennett Marrow, Adjunct Professor of Law at New York Law School, and Craig E. Penn, Attorney at Penn & Associates, recently published The 'Circle of Assent' Doctrine and the Mandatory Pre-Dispute Arbitration Clause: When the Unconscionable Contract Analysis Just Won't Do, Dispute Resolution Journal, Vol. 68, No. 3, 2013.
El Paso Appeals Court Refuses to Compel Arbitration Where Employee Cannot Read English
By Beth Graham - March 20, 2013
The Texas Appeals Court in El Paso had denied an employer’s motion to compel arbitration in an employment dispute that arose with an employee who was unable to read English. In Delfingen US-Texas, LP v Valenzuela, No. 08-12-00022-CV (Tex. App. 8th February 6, 2013), Guadalupe Valenzuela was hired to work as a temporary employee at Delfingen in El Paso, Texas. In 2008, the woman was offered a permanent position with the company. Following a compan
Ninth Circuit Rules on Enforceability of Class Action Waiver Under the Federal Arbitration Act
By Victoria VanBuren - April 4, 2012
In Coneff v. AT&T, No. 09-35563 (9th Cir. March 16, 2012), Plaintiffs are current and former customers of defendants, New Cingular Wireless Services, Inc., and AT&T Mobility, LLC (“AT&T”). Plaintiffs filed a class action against AT&T, which responded by seeking to enforce an arbitration agreement contained in its contracts with Plaintiffs. The service agreement requires individualized arbitration of “all disputes and claims,” and
Article | The Third Arbitration Trilogy: Stolt-Nielsen, Rent-A-Center, Concepcion and the Future of American Arbitration
By Victoria VanBuren - September 7, 2011
We invite you to check out Professor Thomas J. Stipanowich latest article, “The Third Arbitration Trilogy: Stolt-Nielsen, Rent-A-Center, Concepcion and the Future of American Arbitration,” American Review of International Arbitration (forthcoming). Here is the abstract: For the third time in the modern era, a triad of key Supreme Court decisions represents a milestone in American arbitration. In this highly controversial “Third Arbitration Trilog
AT&T Mobility, LLC v. Concepcion | Blawgosphere Round-up on Class Arbitration Decision
By Victoria VanBuren - May 5, 2011
On April 27, 2011, the U.S. Supreme Court decided AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion. The question presented was whether the FAA prohibits states from conditioning the enforceability of certain arbitration agreements on the availability of class-wide arbitration procedures. We thought you would like to read some interesting commentary about the opinion: AT&T Mobility, LLC v. Concepcion: FAA preempts rule that makes class action waivers in ar
Law Review Article | Regulating Mandatory Arbitration
By Beth Graham - April 15, 2011
A new paper entitled Regulating Mandatory Arbitration, is available from Thomas Burch, Assistant Visiting Professor in Law at the Florida State University College of Law. (Utah Law Review, 2011; FSU College of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 493.) In his paper, Professor Burch examines mandatory arbitration jurisprudence and reform efforts over the past twenty-five years. Here is the abstract: Over the last twenty-five years, the Supreme Court
S.D. Texas Declines to Enjoin Pending Foreign Arbitration Proceeding
By Beth Graham - March 23, 2011
The Southern District of Texas has denied an ex parte emergency application for a temporary restraining order which sought to enjoin a pending foreign arbitration proceeding because the party seeking the order failed to meet its burden under Rule 65 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. In S&T Oil Equipment and Machinery, LTD v. Juridica Investments Ltd., No. H-11-0542 (S.D. Tex., March 10, 2011), S&T Oil entered into an investment con
Law Review Article | Religious Arbitration and the New Multiculturalism: Negotiating Conflicting Legal Orders
By Beth Graham - March 17, 2011
Dr. Michael A. Helfand, Associate Professor of Law and Associate Director, Glazer Institute for Jewish Studies at the Pepperdine University School of Law, recently authored an interesting article entitled “Religious Arbitration and the New Multiculturalism: Negotiating Conflicting Legal Orders,” 86 N.Y.U. L. Review, __ (2011), Forthcoming. In his article, Professor Helfand discusses religious arbitration agreements and awards and offers policy re
Guest Post Part II.A | AT&T Mobility, LLC v. Concepcion: Can Discover Bank Withstand Stolt-Nielsen Scrutiny?
By Beth Graham - November 29, 2010
Part II.A: Section 2 Express Preemption – Textual Analysis by Philip J. Loree Jr. I. Introduction Part I of this series (here) was published the day before the United States Supreme Court heard oral argument in AT&T Mobility, LLC v. Concepcion, No. 09-893 (blogged here, here, here and here). Now that the argument has taken place, and we have had a chance to review the transcript (here), and listen to the audio (here), it’s time to begin delvi
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