Arbitration

Recent Activity

Results are sorted by the date of most recent activity.

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...

Alaska Airlines, Inc. v. Schurke

April 1, 2019

U.S. Supreme Court denies cert. petition to review Ninth Circuit decision regarding Railway Labor Act’s preemption of state law claims involving interpretation of collective bargaining agreements...

Spirit Airlines, Inc. v. Maizes

March 18, 2019

Supreme Court declines cert. petition in circuit split on whether incorporation of AAA rules delegates to arbitrator the decision whether arbitration agreement permits class arbitration

Bekele v. Lyft, Inc.

March 13, 2019

Unanimous panel of First Circuit holds that Lyft’s arbitration agreement is enforceable under Massachusetts law, rejecting arguments that the agreement was substantively unconscionable. The U.S....

New Prime, Inc. v. Oliveira

January 15, 2019

Supreme Court issues a unanimous 8-0 decision that the exception to the Federal Arbitration Act for “contracts of employment” for certain workers in interstate transportation includes workers...

Spirit Airlines, Inc. v. Maizes

January 9, 2019

U.S. Chamber files amicus brief arguing Supreme Court should grant cert. petition to resolve circuit split on whether incorporation of AAA rules delegates to arbitrator the decision whether...

Henry Schein, Inc. v. Archer and White Sales, Inc.

January 7, 2019

U.S. Supreme Court issues unanimous arbitration decision, reaffirming that courts must enforce arbitration contracts according to their terms and thus cannot create unwritten exceptions to the...

Alaska Airlines, Inc. v. Schurke

December 28, 2018

U.S. Chamber files coalition amicus brief encouraging Supreme Court to grant cert. and reverse Ninth Circuit decision holding that federal courts must accept plaintiffs’ allegations concerning...