It happens every so often: someone signs an agreement to arbitrate legal claims, the agreement has a solid clause delegating arbitrability issues to an arbitrator, and then a member of that person’s family files a claim in...more
1/22/2025
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Florida’s Second district court of appeal recently issued another opinion in the long line of decisions to determine the gatekeeping question of arbitration under the Revised Florida Arbitration Code, §§ 682.01, Fla. Stat.,...more
In close succession, the Supreme Court of the United States recently decided two short but meaningful cases that arbitration litigants must keep in mind: Coinbase, Inc. v. Suski, 144 S.Ct. 1186 (May 23, 2024) and Smith v....more