Arbitration - ADR News

March 26, 2013

Class arbitration case could be big deal for employers

ThomsonReuters | March 26, 2013

A case heard by the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday over class action arbitrations could have deep repercussions on both employers and employees.

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March 25, 2013

2nd Circuit squelches Title VII exception to mandatory arbitration

ThomsonReuters | March 25, 2013

The 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals has been known on occasion to buck the judicial trend of deference to arbitration and champion plaintiffs' rights to class action litigation. But not if the only justification for classwide litigation is a phantom statutory right.

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March 22, 2013

Second Circuit Upholds Mandatory Arbitration in Goldman Sex Bias Case

American Lawyer | Subscription Required | March 22, 2013

Goldman Sachs has endured a long losing streak in a sexual discrimination class action brought by three former female employees back in 2010. Goldman's lawyers at Paul Hastings and Sullivan & Cromwell saw their efforts to squash the high-profile suit rebuffed not once, not twice, but five times in U.S. district court in Manhattan.

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California appeals court bucks Concepcion trend

ThomsonReuters | March 22, 2013

A California appeals court has dealt a blow to an effort to force employees to arbitrate wage disputes, bucking a trend in which courts have deferred to corporate arbitration agreements since the U.S. Supreme Court's 2011 decision in AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion.

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California appeals court bucks Concepcion trend

ThomsonReuters | March 22, 2013

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March 21, 2013

2nd Circuit weighs impact of arbitration clauses on wage-and-hour cases

ThomsonReuters | March 21, 2013

The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is considering a pair of cases that could determine the degree to which employers can tamp down wage-and-hour class actions.

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March 19, 2013

Pa. arbitration bill opposed by trial lawyers

Legal Intelligencer | March 19, 2013

A bill that would change the state's arbitration laws for the first time in more than 30 years has drawn the support of the Pennsylvania Bar Association, but has been met with opposition from the Pennsylvania Association for Justice trial lawyers group.

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March 14, 2013

Budget woes claim ADR program in Los Angeles

National Law Journal | Subscription Required | March 14, 2013

To address an "extreme budget shortfall," Los Angeles County, Calif., Superior Court plans to close its alternative dispute resolution program on June 18 after 20 years in operation.

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February 28, 2013

Will An Italian Restaurant End The Class Action As We Know It?

Forbes | February 28, 2013

The questioning didn’t go well for the plaintiffs in American Express vs. Italian Colors today, and that could mean the U.S. Supreme Court is about to give companies another powerful tool for reducing class-action litigation against them.

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February 27, 2013

Finra to Appeal Ruling on Schwab Class-Action Ban

Wall Street Journal | Subscription Required | February 27, 2013

Wall Street's self-regulator said Tuesday it is appealing a hearing panel decision that allowed Charles Schwab Corp. to force its customers to waive their rights to participate in class-action lawsuits.

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