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Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP

Another Day, Another Dispute Between Appellate Courts Over Employment Arbitrations

The case of Parra Rodriguez v. Packers Sanitation Services LTD., LLC typifies the reason employers and employment counsel must stay on top of arbitration case developments....more

Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP

Equitable Estoppel Can Be Invoked By a Non-Signatory Joint Employer to Compel Arbitration

Tell me if you have heard this one before: ten companies are sued by a former employee as “joint employers”, even though the employee technically worked for, and signed a binding arbitration agreement with, only one of them....more

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In Big Win for Employers, U.S. Supreme Court Rules Court Proceedings Must Be Stayed During Appeal Over Arbitration

On June 23, 2023, the Supreme Court of the United States held district court proceedings must be put on hold during an appeal on the question of whether claims are subject to arbitration. The ruling is a big win for...more

Payne & Fears

Key California Employment Law Case Summaries: September, October, and November 2022

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Summary - Where an employer can and does track the exact time in minutes that its employees work each shift, and those records show that employees were not paid for all the time they worked, neutral time rounding is not a...more

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Ninth Circuit Upholds Portions of California Law Prohibiting Use of Mandatory Arbitration Agreements

In a split 2-1 decision that likely raises more questions than it answers, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals cast some doubt upon the ability of employers to implement mandatory arbitration agreements with their employees....more

Holland & Knight LLP

Courts Split on Class Action Waivers, Arbitration Provisions in ERISA Litigation

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Courts have struggled through the years when considering the enforceability of mandatory class action waivers and arbitration provisions contained within Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) plans and other...more

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Enka v Chubb: U.K. Supreme Court Rules on Law Governing Arbitration Agreements

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On 9 October 2020, the U.K. Supreme Court in Enka Insaat Ve Sanayi AS v. OOO Insurance Company Chubb [2020] UKSC 38 ruled on the English law approach to determining the law governing an arbitration agreement. The Supreme...more

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Domestic Discovery for Foreign Arbitrations? Now Three Circuits Say “No”

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Earlier this month I posted a short piece describing a two-to-two circuit split on the question of whether a foreign private arbitration panel is a “foreign or international tribunal” for purposes of 28 U.S.C. § 1782, which...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Sixth Circuit Approves Discovery in Aid of Foreign Private Arbitrations

• The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals recently approved the use of 28 U.S.C. 1782(a) to obtain discovery in connection with a commercial arbitration proceeding occurring outside the United States. • The decision establishes a...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Sixth Circuit allows discovery in international private arbitration

In an opinion last Thursday, the Sixth Circuit held that a federal district court may order discovery for use in a foreign private arbitration. 28 U.S.C. § 1782(a) authorizes discovery “for use in a proceeding in a foreign or...more

Bracewell LLP

Broad U.S. Discovery Now Available in Foreign Arbitrations

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In a decision that may significantly increase access to domestic discovery in foreign arbitration proceedings, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled on September 19 that courts may order individuals...more

King & Spalding

Sixth Circuit Allows Discovery In Support of DIFC Arbitration

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The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (“Sixth Circuit”) has ruled that federal courts in the United States may order parties to produce documents and testimony in support of private commercial arbitrations...more

Mintz - Employment Viewpoints

New York Appeals Court Holds Class Action Waivers Violate the NLRA While Employers Await Definitive Ruling From Supreme Court

The Supreme Court is set to hear oral argument in October on whether class and collective action waivers are enforceable. While employers await the Supreme Court’s decision, other courts continue to weigh in on the matter....more

Proskauer - Minding Your Business

Think Your Arbitration Award Is Final? Maybe “Look Through” It Again

The question of federal court jurisdiction over arbitration proceedings has historically led to different conclusions. A few years ago, the United States Supreme Court clarified in Vaden v. Discover Bank that Section 4 of...more

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Manifest Disregard for the Law is Not a Ground for Vacating TAA Arbitration Awards

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Last Friday, the Texas Supreme Court, in Hoskins v. Hoskins, No. 15-0046, --- S.W.3d --- (Tex. May 20, 2016), ruled that an arbitration award may not be vacated under the Texas Arbitration Act (“TAA”) on grounds other than...more

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