As promised in my post late last week, the Baker Hostetler client alert on last week’s Second Circuit decision in In Re American Express Merchants’ Litigation, No. 06-1871 (2d Cir., Feb. 1, 2012) (Amex III) was released today. Here is a link to the alert, authored by New York partner Deborah Renner and Columbus associate Jennifer Vessells, [...]
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… More on Amex III
Posted in Class Action Decisions, Class Action News, Class Action Trends, Federal Court Decisions, tagged american express merchants, amex III, arbitration waiver, class arbitration, concepcion, FAA, stolt-nielsen on February 7, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Concepcion Point/Counterpoint
Posted in Class Action Trends, Commentary, Consumer Class Actions, tagged arbitration, arbitration waiver, AT&T Mobility, class action abuse, class action lawyer, class arbitration waiver, concepcion, consumer class action, corporate greed, defense lawyer, entrepreneurial litigation, plaintiffs' lawyer, scalia, trial lawyer on May 26, 2011 | 2 Comments »
In response yesterday’s entry discussing Daniel Fisher’s article on the potential impacts of Concepcion, I got one of the best comments that I’ve ever received on this site. It comes from Portland complex injury and consumer class action attorney David Sugerman, who blogs at www.davidsugerman.com. Of course, I disagree with just about every word of it, but with imagery like a bunch [...]
Supreme Court Finds in Favor of Class Arbitration Waivers
Posted in Supreme Court Decisions, tagged arbitration waiver, class arbitration waiver, concepcion, FAA, scalia, Supreme Court on April 27, 2011 |
In the first of four highly anticipated rulings on class action issues this term, the United States Supreme Court has handed down a major victory for business interests. In a 5-4 decision in AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion, No. 09-893, the conservative majority held that the Federal Arbitration Act pre-empts state contract law principles in determining the [...]
Second Circuit Deals Another Blow to Class Arbitration Waivers
Posted in Antitrust Class Actions, Class Action Decisions, Federal Court Decisions, tagged arbitration, arbitration waiver, class action waiver, class arbitration waiver, FAA, federal arbitration act, public policy, second circuit, sotomayor, stolt-nielsen on March 9, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Class arbitration waivers are contract provisions that require disputes be submitted to arbitration but also expressly preclude the arbitration from being conducted on a representative or class basis. Class arbitration waivers have been a hot topic in class action litigation over the past few years, as some courts have found that in certain contexts that the are unenforceable in violation of public [...]


We’ll Leave the Light on For Ya (But First, You Might Want to Read the Fine Print)
Posted in Class Action Trends, Commentary, tagged arbitration, arbitration waiver, AT&T Mobility, class arbitration waiver, concepcion, hospitality, Supreme Court on May 31, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
David Waller, my partner at Baker Hostetler and hospitality lawyer extraordinaire, posted an entry in the firm’s Hospitality Lawg yesterday entitled AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion – Reconsidering Arbitration in the Hospitality Context. The article offers practical tips from a transactional lawyer’s perspective on how to take advantage of arbitration agreements in light of the Supreme Court’s decision. Although the article is directed [...]
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