Fraud, Arbitration Agreements, Arbitration

HK Court Refuses Borrower’s Challenge to Enforcement of Arbitral Award in Favour of Moneylender

BCLP on 8/1/2025

In CCC v AAC [2025] HKCFI 2987, Sir William Blair, sitting as Deputy High Court Judge in the Hong Kong Court of First Instance (“Court”), rejected a borrower’s challenge to the enforcement of an arbitral award in favour of a...more

Massachusetts Federal Court Rules Non-Signatory Can Enforce Arbitration Agreement

Pierce Atwood LLP on 7/16/2025

On June 12, 2025, in Watkins v. Musk, the District of Massachusetts granted Elon Musk’s motion to dismiss a putative class action and to refer the claim to arbitration. The court ruled Musk could enforce an arbitration...more

Social Links: If the Suit Fits

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Social Media on 12/13/2024

Character Technologies has been hit with two lawsuits, including a wrongful death suit (among other claims), in less than two months over its popular Character.ai chatbot. The first was filed in the U.S. District Court for...more

Third Circuit Reverses Order Denying Motion to Compel Arbitration, Holds Arbitration Clause in Consumer Financing Agreement Is...

Carlton Fields on 4/18/2024

In Mancuso v. MDG USA Inc., the Third Circuit Court of Appeals considered defendant MDG’s appeal of an order denying its motion to compel arbitration of the plaintiff’s lawsuit alleging violations of state and federal fair...more

U.S. District Court Upholds Two Arbitral Awards Against Lima

Jones Day on 4/4/2024

The recent District of Columbia District Court's decision against Lima demonstrates deference to arbitral tribunals....more

Supreme Court Eases the Ability for Employers to Appeal Denials of Motions to Compel Arbitration in Federal Court

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 7/6/2023

In Coinbase, Inc. v. Bielski, the Supreme Court of the United States resolved a circuit split over whether district courts must stay proceedings while an interlocutory appeal of a denial of a motion to compel arbitration is...more

SCOTUS Rules that Litigation Must Cease While Question of Arbitrability is on Appeal

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC on 6/30/2023

In a decision with implications nationwide, the Supreme Court of the United States recently ruled that, under the Federal Arbitration Act — the principal federal statute that governs judicial enforcement of arbitration...more

Litigation Insights - July 2021

Goodwin on 7/28/2021

FOREWORD - On behalf of the new and expanding Goodwin London litigation team I am delighted to welcome you to our first ever ‘Litigation Insights’: a series of quarterly updates on important and interesting developments...more

Texas Supreme Court Holds Defendant Did Not Forfeit Right to Appeal Denial of Motion to Compel Arbitration by Waiting Until After...

Carlton Fields on 7/21/2020

In this cattle-feeding dispute, cattle owner Bonsmara Natural Beef Co. and its principal George Chapman brought an action against feed yard owner Hart of Texas Cattle Feeders LLC, alleging claims including breach of contract,...more

Eleventh Circuit Affirms Confirmation of Arbitration Award Over Claims of Fraud, AAA Rule-Breaking, and Lack of Jurisdiction

Carlton Fields on 3/27/2020

The Eleventh Circuit recently affirmed the confirmation of an arbitration award in a dispute involving a contract to obtain signatures for a Florida solar energy ballot initiative over claims that the prevailing party engaged...more

Court Upholds Arbitration Provision Despite Allegations of Fraud in Contract’s Execution

Carlton Fields on 3/13/2020

The dispute involved the potential trade-in of a car and the purchase of a pickup truck by two customers at a car dealership. During the course of the transaction, one of the customers signed a document that he later learned...more

The Lawyers' Lawyer Newsletter - Recent Developments in Risk Management - Halloween 2019

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP on 10/31/2019

Insurance Coverage – Computer Fraud – E-Mail "Spoofing" - Trick or Treat Editors' Note: Does anything cause deeper mortal terror than the prospect of an uncovered loss? In a tale that has an all-too infrequent happy ending...more

Vacating An Arbitration Award: Part II

Farrell Fritz, P.C. on 6/3/2019

You may have recently read on this blog that “vacating an arbitration award is an uphill battle.” As my college Hamutal G. Lieberman discussed, there are only two instances when an arbitration award may be vacated: (1)...more

Chris Lazarini Examines Stay of Litigation in Simultaneous Proceedings

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC on 8/16/2018

Bass, Berry & Sims attorney Chris Lazarini examined a case in which the plaintiff filed a FINRA arbitration against his broker alleging suitability, breach of fiduciary duty, fraud, failure to supervise, and other claims. The...more

Texas Fiduciary Litigation Update

Winstead PC on 4/23/2018

David F. Johnson presented his paper on “Litigation Update, Including Fiduciary Issues” to the Texas Bankers Association’s Legal Conference in Austin, Texas, on April 5, 2018. This presentation covered recent Texas precedent...more

Chris Lazarini Discusses Arbitration Clause's Application to Non-Signatory

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC on 8/28/2017

Bass, Berry & Sims attorney Chris Lazarini discussed a case involving a Plaintiff's suit against a broker-dealer involving his deceased mother's IRA account. Although Plaintiff was a non-signatory to the IRA account...more

Eighth Circuit Affirms Order Compelling Arbitration, Rejecting Contract Defenses Of Unconscionability And Lack Of Consideration

Carlton Fields on 7/20/2017

The Eighth Circuit affirmed an order compelling arbitration in a case filed by a volunteer concession worker against an operator of concessions at a sports stadium in St. Louis. The concession worker had volunteered to work...more

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