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Navigating Mass Arbitration: New Rules and Strategies — The Consumer Finance Podcast
On May 1, 2025, the American Arbitration Association (AAA) implemented its new Consumer Arbitration Rules and Mediation Procedures. These changes, designed to enhance fairness and efficiency in arbitration processes, address...more
On May 1, 2025, the American Arbitration Association’s (AAA) new amendments to the Consumer Arbitration Rules officially went into effect. While not a complete overhaul, the revisions impact many of the existing rules while...more
On April 1, the American Arbitration Association (AAA) announced the launch of its new Consumer Mediation Procedures and Fee Schedule. According to the announcement, updates aim to simplify and make dispute resolution more...more
I have practiced law for 40 years with the vast majority as a “construction” lawyer. I have seen great… and bad… construction lawyering, both when representing a party and when serving over 300 times as a mediator or...more
In recent years, plaintiff-side attorneys have increasingly relied on a strategy of “mass arbitration” to force companies into in terrorem settlements, whereby large numbers of claims are settled quickly before the underlying...more
Ever heard of "mass arbitration"? If you haven't heard of that term, you may be lucky. By rule of thumb, a "mass" of something isn't necessarily a good thing (unless it's a mass of tacos on my plate)....more
For businesses that use consumer and workplace arbitration agreements designating JAMS as their arbitration administrator, there is an important new development: JAMS has announced new Mass Arbitration Procedures and...more
On May 2, JAMS announced its new Mass Arbitration Procedures and Guidelines and Mass Arbitration Procedures Fee Schedule (together, the Procedures), with the express goal to “facilitate the fair, expeditious and efficient...more
On January 15, 2024, the American Arbitration Association ("AAA") published updates to its Mass Arbitration Supplementary Rules and Fee Schedule, aimed at streamlining the mass arbitration process and reducing costs....more
The American Arbitration Association (AAA) recently amended its Supplemental Rules on Mass Arbitrations as well as its fee schedule, in an attempt to streamline these arbitrations. These rules could potentially change the...more
The American Arbitration Association (AAA) has announced updates to its Mass Arbitration Supplementary Rules and its fee schedules for consumer and employment mass arbitrations....more
On January 15, 2024, the American Arbitration Association (AAA) announced changes to the AAA-ICDR Mass Arbitration Supplementary Rules and Fee Schedules to take effect immediately. The AAA stated in a press release that these...more
Alleging violations of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), approximately 50,000 Samsung customers filed individual arbitration demands with the American Arbitration Association (AAA) pursuant to an...more
It’s no secret that many employers have employees sign arbitration agreements with class and collective action waivers in the hopes of avoiding the massive wage-hour lawsuits that have become so prevalent in the past two...more
Although arbitral institutions like the London Court of International Arbitration and International Chamber of Commerce have historically based arbitration costs on models other than a pure hourly-basis, the American...more