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30 Jan 2012, 5:00 am
The terms of the arbitration agreement at issue in Concepcion ensured that the Concepcions could bring their claim in arbitration on an individual basis, either representing themselves or with counsel. [read post]
6 Nov 2014, 9:22 am
Encourage business users and counsel to make sure the standards applicable to arbitral awards in the agreement (including incorporated rules) fairly represent the expectations of the parties. [read post]
21 May 2018, 7:42 am
Until recently, courts as well as the National Labor Relations Board’s general counsel agreed that such arbitration agreements are enforceable. [read post]
22 Jun 2015, 11:55 am
The CFPB found that arbitration was a factor in only 8% of the 562 class actions studied. [read post]
2 Feb 2015, 1:25 pm
Given this current split in authority, and because employers remain vulnerable to costly class and representative actions, it is imperative that California employers retain legal counsel to ensure that their arbitration agreements are developed with these issues in mind. [read post]
28 Nov 2022, 3:12 pm
Under that provision, when 25 or more customers who are represented by the same counsel raise similar claims, the claims must be resolved pursuant to the following “coordinated proceeding”: Counsel for the Verizon Wireless customers and counsel for Verizon Wireless shall each select five cases to proceed first in arbitration in a bellwether proceeding. [read post]
11 Apr 2022, 1:07 pm
The couriers, who delivered pharmacy products for US Pack’s customers, signed “employment” contracts that contained an arbitration agreement that provided: “THIS CONTRACT CONTAINS A BINDING ARBITRATION PROVISION AND CLASS-ACTION WAIVER WHICH AFFECTS YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS AND MAY BE ENFORCED BY THE PARTIES. [read post]
10 Sep 2009, 7:58 am
Page Perry is co-lead counsel in arbitration claims across the country relating to the YieldPlus Fund. [read post]
18 May 2022, 1:07 pm
In February, 2022, securities arbitration attorneys at Silver Law Group and their co-counsel filed a class action complaint against GWG Holdings to recover improper losses suffered by investors who purchased GWG’s “L Bonds”. [read post]
1 Aug 2011, 9:59 pm
What it does is favor class arbitration by holding, in some cases, that class arbitration waivers are unconscionable. [read post]
29 Aug 2011, 4:27 am
Although this analysis may seem analogous to inquiries regarding the scope of authority given to class counsel, the issues were slightly different in Abaclat because the parties were not operating in the shadow of U.S. class action law. [read post]
12 Feb 2011, 12:37 pm
The parties dispute, however, whether that exemption of class action claims from arbitration also applies to plaintiff’s FLSA collective action claims. [read post]
14 Apr 2014, 8:00 am
The opinion described a district court’s responsibility for overseeing FLSA actions broadly — including governing the conduct of the counsel and parties in order to avoid confusion and unfairness (especially ex parte contact with potential class members), as well as ensuring an orderly process. [read post]
1 Jul 2011, 7:01 am
Some companies have sought not just to funnel cases away from courts, but to tilt the scales of justice in their favor: stripping remedies, slashing discovery, selecting biased arbitrators, eliminating the right to bring a class action, and saddling adherents with prohibitive costs and fees. [read post]
1 Jul 2011, 7:01 am
Some companies have sought not just to funnel cases away from courts, but to tilt the scales of justice in their favor: stripping remedies, slashing discovery, selecting biased arbitrators, eliminating the right to bring a class action, and saddling adherents with prohibitive costs and fees. [read post]
27 Feb 2013, 1:18 pm
Or could the parties agree that the loser in the arbitration pays the experts’ fees? [read post]
22 Aug 2013, 3:24 am
First, employers have tried to get employees to agree to arbitrate all claims before a neutral third party. [read post]
8 Apr 2019, 1:50 pm
Those administrators either appoint an arbitrator drawn from their national roster of arbitrators or allow the parties to select an arbitrator from a list of three or more provided. [read post]
10 Nov 2014, 1:28 pm
A consumer who was able to successfully resolve a dispute in a few months and with minimal expense would likely prefer arbitration (even pre-dispute mandatory arbitration) to a class action in which, after years of litigation, he or she receives a $5 check or a coupon towards a future purchase while the attorneys for the class obtain millions in “class counsel” fees. [read post]
20 Jul 2018, 9:30 am
But employers should also consider certain drawbacks presented by the arbitration process: Arbitration of employment disputes are subject to certain “due process” considerations to make the process fair to employees – including the requirement that the employer pay the arbitrator’s fee (in court litigation neither party pays the judge’s salary). [read post]
