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The Risks of Rolling Out Arbitration During Active Class Litigation

TOYOTA WINS MOTION TO COMPEL ARBITRATION- Court Holds Dealer Need Not Be Named Individually Where Agreement Expressly Gr...

An interesting arbitration ruling out of Massachusetts reinforces the importance of careful arbitration drafting and serves as a reminder that just because an arbitration agreement...

District Courts in the First Circuit Issue Notable Early 2026 Arbitration Decisions

Arbitration Acumen | The AAA at 100: AI, Online Dispute Resolution and the Next Century of Arbitration [Podcast]

Four Recent Second Circuit Decisions Make Arbitration Just Another Contract

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit decided four arbitration cases in 2025, each addressing a different piece of the process: agreement formation, scope, waiver, and j...

SCOTUS Rules Federal Courts Retain Jurisdiction in Post-Arbitration Proceedings: Implications for FINRA and NFA Arbitrat...

Last week, the Supreme Court held that federal courts that compel arbitration and stay a case pending completion of that arbitration under Section 3 of the Federal Arbitration Act...

Alternatives to Litigation for Illinois Business Disputes: Mediation and Arbitration

Business disputes can quickly become expensive, stressful, and disruptive. Alternatives to Litigation for Illinois Business Disputes: Mediation and Arbitration, is an important top...

Arbitration Agreement Limited to Employment Claims Survives ‘Unconscionability’ Attack

On June 23, 2026, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Cocom rejected a plaintiff-appellee’s argument that an employment arbitration agreement was unconscionable. Bec...

Supreme Court Confirms Post-Award Jurisdiction After Federal Court Stays Claims Under FAA

On May 14, 2026, the Supreme Court unanimously held in Jules v. Andre Balazs Properties that when a federal court stays claims pending arbitration under Section 3 of the Federal Ar...

Critical Mass With Law.com's Amanda Bronstad: Removals and Remands Roil Roundup Settlement, Meta Settles School District...

This week: Objectors to the $7.25B Roundup settlement removed the case to federal court, where Monsanto is fighting to remand the class action back to Missouri state court. Meta Pl...

California Limits Arbitration to Agreements Enforceable Under the Federal Arbitration Act

MRED seeks arbitration in Zillow antitrust lawsuit

MRED asked the court to compel arbitration with Zillow and stay claims ahead of a 2 day hearing on a preliminary injunction motion.

Mediation vs. Arbitration in Illinois: What Farmers and Business Owners Should Know

When legal disputes arise, going straight to court is not always the only option. Mediation vs. Arbitration in Illinois: What Farmers and Business Owners Should Know is an importan...

District Court Should Have Enforced Individualized Arbitration Agreements

O’Dell v. Aya Healthcare Servs., Inc., 171 F.4th 1173 (9th Cir. 2026) This case arose from unpaid wage claims brought by former employees of Aya Healthcare, a travel‑nursing agency...

Massachusetts High Court Emphasizes Judicial Control Over Class Settlements and Limits Nonparty Challenges

Arbitration – Commonwealth isn’t bound by arbitration provision

The commonwealth of Virginia is not bound by arbitration agreements in consumer solar panel sales, ruling by EDVA at Richmond in case against Power Home Solar executives. The post...

Arbitration – Court decides whether nonparty to arbitration agreement can enforce it

Where a company argued that the arbitrator – and not the court – should decide whether it was entitled to enforce an arbitration clause in an agreement between the plaintiff […] Th...

$500M Medical Glove Contract Breach Suit Sent To Arbitration

A Malaysia-based distributor must arbitrate its $500 million suit against a medical gloves supplier in a case stemming from a COVID-19 era agreement aimed at supplying nitrile glov...

Secure Arbitration Workflows: A Governance Framework for Legal Leaders Driving ADR Excellence

Beyond Efficiency: Building Defensible Arbitration Workflows In arbitration, every action from document access to procedural approvals comes under scrutiny. Secure arbitration work...

Supreme Court backs jurisdiction in FAA arbitration case

The U.S. Supreme Court affirmed federal court jurisdiction to confirm and vacate arbitration awards under the FAA in Jules v. Andres Balazs Properties. The post Supreme Court backs...

Protecting Class Action Defense Victories from Mistaken District Court Remands Under CAFA

Critical Mass With Law.com's Amanda Bronstad: Prominent Firms Bring Class Actions For 50,000 Californians Evacuated, Wil...

This week: Prominent plaintiffs firms Morgan & Morgan, Seeger Weiss and Weitz & Luxenberg filed at least a dozen class actions against an aerospace company after a potentia...

Nonparty execs cannot enforce arbitration clause

The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia ruled that nonparty executives cannot enforce an arbitration agreement against the Commonwealth of Virginia. The post N...

Arbitration Might Not Make Sense For Small Businesses

Arbitrations can sometimes be costlier than litigation. The post Arbitration Might Not Make Sense For Small Businesses appeared first on Above the Law.