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Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

The AAA’s Infographic and the Continued Abuse of Mass Arbitration

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On April 15, 2025, the American Arbitration Association (AAA) distributed an infographic with statistics on mass arbitration in 2024, which could be read to suggest that the consumer mass arbitration process is functioning...more

Miles Mediation & Arbitration

Ensuring Efficiency and Economy: An Arbitrator's Primary Obligation

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What is an arbitrator’s primary obligation? If you put that question to most arbitrators or representatives of arbitral institutions, you will get the same answer: to render an enforceable award. That consensus is so...more

Paul Hastings LLP

Federal Case Challenges Mass Arbitration “Shakedown” Amid Recent Amendments to AAA Rules

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A recent complaint against plaintiffs’ firm Zimmerman Reed directly challenges the law firm’s mass arbitration tactics and alleged “weaponization” of a California privacy statute. The complaint comes as arbitration...more

Perkins Coie

Another Court Rejects a Company’s Attempt To Avoid Mass-Arbitration Fees

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The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois is the latest court to require a company to pay millions of dollars in fees to adjudicate mass arbitrations. Judge Harry D. Leinenweber compelled Samsung...more

UB Greensfelder LLP

Filing A Frivolous Customer Arbitration Carries Real Monetary Risks

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While the FINRA arbitration system certainly is not perfect – just see Alan’s troubling blog from last week regarding the Motion to Vacate that was granted by a Judge in Atlanta – we like to think that when cases go to...more

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