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Cozen O'Connor

Claims Notes: August 2025

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Umpire Not Immune from Insurer’s Suit for Undisclosed Conflicts - A toilet supply line leak damaged Rike’s home. She submitted a claim to her property insurer and demanded an appraisal. Rike and the insurer selected their...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

CFPB bans private dispute resolution platform Ejudicate from arbitrating consumer financial product disputes

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The CFPB has banned private dispute resolution platform Ejudicate from arbitrating disputes about consumer financial products, saying that the company had misled student borrowers about the company’s neutrality and initiated...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Arbitration Clause Rendered Illusory and Unenforceable by Unilateral Amendment Clause, Says Virginia Federal District Court

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In a recent decision, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia denied a retailer’s motion to compel individual arbitration of a claim brought in a putative class action lawsuit. The complaint alleges that...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Violation of Settlement Agreement Deemed Non-Dischargeable

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Rarely do we see a franchise dispute settled, only to generate more litigation. In Pirtek USA, LLC v. James Bradley Lager, et al., 2023 WL 4676067 (Bankr. N.D. Texas, 2023), Bankruptcy Judge Michelle Jerson addressed several...more

Brooks Pierce

NC Business Court On Arbitrability: Clear And Unmistakable

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You may have pondered over the question whether a Judge or an Arbitrator decides if a particular dispute is subject to an agreement to arbitrate. If you have wondered who makes that sort of decision, it's actually not an...more

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