Arbitration - ADR News

Despite the Supreme Court’s recent affirmation that arbitration agreements must be enforced by their terms (AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion), some courts continue to go to great lengths to avoid them.

A big chunk of the plaintiff bar is mobilizing for Dec. 11 en banc arguments in Kilgore v. KeyBank. The case will determine whether the Federal Arbitration Act preempts a California rule that prohibits the arbitration of claims for broad, public injunctive relief.

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear an appeal from American Express Co. (AXP) in a clash with retailers over the credit cards they must accept, a case that may reinforce millions of arbitration agreements.

A lawyer for Goldman Sachs urged a U.S. appeals court Wednesday to send a former employee's gender discrimination dispute to arbitration rather than allow her to proceed with a proposed class action.

A group of plaintiffs' lawyers are trying crowd-sourcing as a way to overcome a landmark 2011 Supreme Court ruling that thwarted class actions.

Wells Fargo & Co., the biggest U.S. home lender, lost a bid to force the arbitration of customer disputes about overdraft fees.

Most people have been there. You go to the doctor’s office, and are promptly greeted with a stack of paperwork to fill out.

Attorneys representing the Delaware Court of Chancery have filed an appeal seeking to overturn a federal court decision that declared the court's confidential arbitration program unconstitutional, effectively killing the program.

Amazon.com subsidiary Zappos lost an attempt on Thursday to force customers into arbitration over damages allegedly caused by a data leak in January.

For the second time in two years, the Illinois Supreme Court has issued a ruling in a Fifth District case dealing with arbitration agreements.