In Norcia, Plaintiff filed a putative class action against Samsung, alleging that it made misrepresentations as to the performance of the Galaxy S4 phone.…

On January 31, 2017, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals authorized a court-appointed Receiver to avoid arbitration clauses contained in employment and employment-related agreements.[1] …

California continued its ongoing debate on arbitrations and class actions in July when its Supreme Court held that in some cases an arbitrator, not the court,…

In Dell Webb Communities, Inc. v. Carlson, No. 45-1385 (4th Cir. Dec. 9, 2015), the Fourth Circuit held that whether parties gave consent to…

In its decision in Chesapeake Appalachia, LLC v. Scout Petroleum, LLC, 809 F. 3d 746 (3d Cir. 2016), the Third Circuit held that general…

Terra Holding GmbH and Terra Handels-und Speditionsgesellschaft mbH v. Unitrans International, Inc., No. 14-cv-1788 (E.D. Va. Aug. 19, 2015), the District Court for the…

In Brennan v. Opus Bank, 796 F.3d 1125 (9th Cir. 2015), the Ninth Circuit held that express incorporation of American Arbitration Association rules in…

On August 4, 2015, the D.C. Circuit issued a decision in Chevron Corp. v. Republic of Ecuador, 795 F.3d 200 (D.C. Cir. 2015), affirming the district…

In a July 28, 2015 decision in Katz v. Cellco Partnership, dba Verizon Wireless, 794 F.3d 341 (2d Cir. 2015), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the…

In Ogden Power Development – Cayman, Inc. v. PMR Limited Co., No. 14-CV-8169 (S.D.N.Y. May 21, 2015), a federal court in New York dismissed a…