Contract Drafting, Arbitration Agreements, Appeals

L’influence des tribunaux sur les contrats : Survol de décisions récentes rendues par des cours d’appel et la Cour suprême

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP on 6/11/2025

La jurisprudence canadienne récente influe sur l’approche que devraient adopter les rédacteurs de textes juridiques au moment de formuler des clauses contractuelles. Des décisions clés, notamment de la Cour suprême du Canada...more

California Appellate Court Issues Guidance on Enforcing Arbitration Agreements

Payne & Fears on 5/10/2020

While much of the world came to a halt in response to the coronavirus pandemic, the California Courts of Appeal were busy issuing important decisions on the enforceability of arbitration clauses. As the economy starts to...more

Challenging Arbitral Awards – Who’s the Boss and What Can It Do?

Latham & Watkins LLP on 6/21/2016

Appealing High Court decisions under the Arbitration Act 1996 (the Act) may be restricted following a recent ruling by the Court of Appeal. In Integral Petroleum SA v Melars Group Limited (2016 EWCA Civ 108), the Court of...more

Fourth Circuit: Courts, Not Arbitrators, Decide the Availability of Class Arbitration

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on 5/19/2016

A decision allowing class-wide arbitration can transform a routine dispute into a “bet the company” problem. Who makes that decision: an arbitrator or a court? The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals answered that question...more

Express Yourself! Ongoing Split Over Class Arbitration Points to Importance of Clear Provisions

Proskauer - Minding Your Business on 4/26/2016

Despite the numerous Supreme Court decisions limiting class arbitrations, one central issue remains undecided: who decides whether an arbitration agreement permits class arbitration, the courts or the arbitrators? Entities...more

Seven Things You Should Know About Arbitration Clauses

Goodwin on 12/20/2013

Arbitration clauses are routinely added to commercial contracts, but often with very little reflection on the many strategic and tactical issues that should be considered. Further, there is a great deal of misunderstanding of...more