Arbitration

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Belton v. GE Capital Retail Bank

July 8, 2019

U.S. Chamber files brief urging Second Circuit to reject implied bankruptcy exception to the Federal Arbitration Act.

Citigroup Inc. v. Bruce

July 8, 2019

U.S. Chamber files amicus brief urging Second Circuit to reject implied bankruptcy exception to the Federal Arbitration Act.

Bigger v. Facebook, Inc.

July 3, 2019

U.S. Chamber files merits brief urging Seventh Circuit to vacate class action certification which allowed notice to individuals who had agreed to resolve their disputes by arbitration on an...

McArdle v. AT&T Mobility LLC (I)

June 28, 2019

Ninth Circuit panel holds arbitration agreement is void under California’s McGill rule because individuals may not waive their rights under California law to pursue public injunctive...

Bigger v. Facebook, Inc.

May 3, 2019

Seventh Circuit grants interlocutory appeal in case concerning notice to class members who are subject to arbitration agreements that preclude class litigation. The Chamber filed an amicus brief...

United Parcel Service, Inc.

April 29, 2019

U.S. Chamber files amicus brief before National Labor Relations Board, arguing the Board should abrogate the deferral standard of Babcock & Wilcox and adopt a waiver-based standard...

Lamps Plus, Inc. v. Varela

April 24, 2019

Supreme Court limits the ability of the plaintiffs’ bar to construe ambiguous language in a contract to argue for class arbitration—that is, to bring a class action in arbitration, rather than in...

Bigger v. Facebook, Inc.

April 22, 2019

U.S. Chamber files amicus brief in support of petition for permission to appeal under Section 1292(b) concerning whether a district court may require that notice of class certification must be...

Bigger v. Facebook, Inc.

April 9, 2019

U.S. District Court grants motion to stay order requiring notice to conditionally certified class members who have arbitration agreements with class waivers, and grants 1292(b) motion to certify...

Bigger v. Facebook, Inc.

April 8, 2019

U.S. Chamber files amicus brief in support of motion for stay and 1292(b) permission to appeal order requiring notice to conditionally certified class that includes individuals subject to...