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SCOTUS Declines to Hear Arbitration Dispute Over Texas Wind Energy Contract
By Beth Graham - February 6, 2018
The Supreme Court of the United States has declined to consider a Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals panel’s decision stating the Western District of Texas should not have compelled arbitration in a wind energy dispute because the parties’ case was not ripe for arbitration.
Anti-Suit Injunctions in Judicial and Arbitral Procedures in the United States
By Beth Graham - November 21, 2017
S.I. Strong, Manley O. Hudson Professor of Law at the University of Missouri School of Law, has published “Anti-Suit Injunctions in Judicial and Arbitral Procedures in the United States,” 66 American Journal of Comparative Law __ (Forthcoming); University of Missouri School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2017-25.
CFPB Director Pens Letter Urging President to Veto Measure Rescinding New Arbitration Rule
By Beth Graham - November 3, 2017
On Monday, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) Director Richard Cordray released a letter addressed to the President of the United States urging him to veto House Joint Resolution 111.
SCOTUS Denies Cert. in Texas Ponzi Scheme Case
By Beth Graham - October 13, 2017
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court of the United States denied a petition for certiorari that was filed by a group of former Ponzi scheme financial advisers.
Evolution of the Arbitration Forum as a Response to Mandatory Arbitration
By Beth Graham - August 29, 2017
Teresa J. Verges, Lecturer in Law and Director of the University of Miami School of Law Investor Rights Clinic, has published “Evolution of the Arbitration Forum as a Response to Mandatory Arbitration,” Nevada Law Journal, Forthcoming.
SCOTUS Overturns Kentucky Supreme Court in Nursing Home Arbitration Case
By Beth Graham - May 23, 2017
The Supreme Court of the United States has reversed the Kentucky Supreme Court’s decision in a nursing home arbitration dispute.
Patent-Holding Company Asks SCOTUS to Vacate Texas Arbitrator’s Award in Legal Fees Dispute
By Beth Graham - May 22, 2017
A patent-holding company has asked the Supreme Court of the United States to consider its request to vacate an arbitrator’s award in a legal fees dispute.
ICSID Orders Ecuador to Pay $380 Million to U.S. Oil Exploration Company Over Investment Treaty Violations
By Beth Graham - February 16, 2017
An International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (“ICSID”) arbitration tribunal has ordered the Republic of Ecuador to pay a ConocoPhillips wholly-owned subsidiary nearly $380 million related to Ecuador’s breach of a bilateral investment treaty (“BIT”) with the United States.
Medical Malpractice Arbitration: Not Business As Usual
By Beth Graham - January 16, 2017
David Allen Larson, Professor of Law and Senior Fellow of the Dispute Resolution Institute at the Mitchell | Hamline School of Law, and Dr. David Dahl, MD, Mitchell | Hamline School of Law, have published “Medical Malpractice Arbitration: Not Business As Usual,” 8 Yearbook on Arbitration and Mediation 69 (2016).
NLRB Continues to Assert Class Waivers in Employment Agreements Violate the NLRA
By Beth Graham - December 20, 2016
The National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) is at it again. In Service Employees Int’l Union v. Montecito Heights Healthcare & Wellness Centre, LP, No. 31-CA-129747 (November 30, 2016), an NLRB administrative law judge ruled that a California-based nursing home maintained an illegal voluntary arbitration policy that asked workers to waive their right to engage in collective action in violation of the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”).
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