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Arbitration Law Memo 

From Ross Runkel, founder of LawMemo, and Professor of Law Emeritus at Willamette University College of Law. He has spent 30 years specializing in employment law, employment discrimination, labor law, and arbitration.
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Arbitration Law Memo June 2009
Posted on June 24, 2009Arbitration Law Memo by LawMemo Arbitration Law Memo - June 2009 LawMemo First in Employment Law Arbitrator biographies and awards: National Arbitration Center *** Arbitration - Individual Arbitration Agreements *** US - Supreme Court will decide whether FAA permits arbitrators to impose class arbitration on parties whose arbitration clauses are silent on that issue...
Arbitration Law Memo - May 2009
Posted on June 03, 2009Arbitration Law Memo by LawMemo Arbitration Law Memo - May 2009 LawMemo First in Employment Law Arbitrator biographies and awards: National Arbitration Center *** Arbitration - Individual Arbitration Agreements *** NY - Arbitration fee-splitting clause was unenforceable (3-2)...
Arbitration Law Memo - April 2009
Posted on April 30, 2009Arbitration Law Memo by LawMemo Arbitration Law Memo - April 2009 LawMemo First in Employment Law Arbitrator biographies and awards: National Arbitration Center *** Arbitration - Individual Arbitration Agreements *** 5th - Plaintiff waived her right to arbitration...
Arbitration Law Memo - March 2009
Posted on March 24, 2009Arbitration Law Memo by LawMemo Arbitration Law Memo - March 2009 LawMemo First in Employment Law Arbitrator biographies and awards: National Arbitration Center *** Arbitration - Individual Arbitration Agreements *** CA - Class arbitration waiver was contrary to public policy...
Arbitration Law Memo February 2009
Posted on February 26, 2009Arbitration Law Memo by LawMemo Arbitration Law Memo - February 2009 LawMemo First in Employment Law Arbitrator biographies and awards: National Arbitration Center *** Arbitration - Individual Arbitration Agreements *** IN - NASD arbitration panel didn?t exceed its authority when it awarded vacation pay, unreimbursed business expenses, and attorney fees...
Arbitration Law Memo January 2009
Posted on January 31, 2009Arbitration Law Memo by LawMemo Arbitration Law Memo - January 2009 LawMemo First in Employment Law Arbitrator biographies and awards: National Arbitration Center *** Arbitration - Individual Arbitration Agreements *** 6th ? ?Manifest disregard of the law? was not a basis for modification of arbitration award...
Arbitration Law Memo December 2008
Posted on December 29, 2008Arbitration Law Memo by LawMemo Arbitration Law Memo - December 2008 LawMemo First in Employment Law Arbitrator biographies and awards: National Arbitration Center *** Arbitration - Individual Arbitration Agreements *** 6th ? ?Manifest disregard of the law? didn?t provide a basis for modification of arbitration award...
Arbitration Law Memo November 2008
Posted on November 29, 2008Arbitration Law Memo by LawMemo Arbitration Law Memo - November 2008 LawMemo First in Employment Law Arbitrator biographies and awards: National Arbitration Center *** Arbitration - Individual Arbitration Agreements *** TX - Sabine Pilot claim was not excepted from NASD arbitration as employment discrimination claim...
Arbitration Law Memo October 2008
Posted on October 29, 2008Arbitration Law Memo by LawMemo Arbitration Law Memo - October 2008 LawMemo First in Employment Law Arbitrator biographies and awards: National Arbitration Center *** Arbitration - Individual Arbitration Agreements *** 2nd - Sarbanes-Oxley Act whistleblower claims are subject to arbitration...
Arbitration Law Memo September 2008
Posted on September 30, 2008Arbitration Law Memo by LawMemo Arbitration Law Memo - September 2008 LawMemo First in Employment Law Arbitrator biographies and awards: National Arbitration Center *** Arbitration - Individual Arbitration Agreements *** TX - Arbitration agreement limiting was unconscionable; arbitrator to decide whether cost provisions and discovery limitations were unconscionable (7-1)...
Arbitration Law Memo August 2008
Posted on August 31, 2008Arbitration Law Memo by LawMemo Arbitration Law Memo - August 2008 LawMemo First in Employment Law Arbitrator biographies and awards: National Arbitration Center *** Arbitration - Individual Arbitration Agreements *** CA - Court allows review of arbitrator's legal reasoning...
Arbitration Law Memo July 2008
Posted on July 29, 2008Arbitration Law Memo by LawMemo Arbitration Law Memo - July 2008 LawMemo First in Employment Law Arbitrator biographies and awards: National Arbitration Center *** Arbitration - Individual Arbitration Agreements *** MO - Continued at-will employment does not constitute legal consideration for a contract to arbitrate...
Arbitration Law Memo June 2008
Posted on June 30, 2008Arbitration Law Memo by LawMemo Arbitration Law Memo - June 2008 LawMemo First in Employment Law Arbitrator biographies and awards: National Arbitration Center *** Arbitration - Individual Arbitration Agreements *** FL - Arbitration agreement was valid and enforceable...
Arbitration Law Memo May 2008
Posted on May 31, 2008Arbitration Law Memo May 2008 by LawMemo - First in Employment Law *** Arbitration - Individual Arbitration Agreements *** CT ? Arbitration clause in lost contract enforced. OH ? Arbitration was required on all claims except employment discrimination...
Arbitration Law Memo April 2008
Posted on April 19, 2008Arbitration Law Memo April 2008 by LawMemo - First in Employment Law *** Arbitration - Individual Arbitration Agreements *** CA ? Employee signed, but did not agree to arbitrate his claims...
Arbitration Law Memo March 2008
Posted on March 29, 2008Arbitration Law Memo March 2008 by LawMemo - First in Employment Law *** Arbitration - Individual Arbitration Agreements *** US Supreme Court - Parties cannot expand FAA grounds for vacating award...
Arbitration Law Memo February 2008
Posted on March 04, 2008Arbitration Law Memo February 2008 by LawMemo - First in Employment Law *** Arbitration - Individual Arbitration Agreements *** US - Arbitrator, not Labor Commissioner, decides contract validity...
Arbitration Law Memo January 2008
Posted on January 18, 2008Arbitration Law Memo January 2008 by LawMemo - First in Employment Law Also by free monthly email. *** Arbitration - Individual Arbitration Agreements *** US - Supreme Court hears FAA preemption arguments...
Arbitration Law Memo December 2007
Posted on December 19, 2007Arbitration Law Memo December 2007 by LawMemo - First in Employment Law Also by free monthly email. *** Arbitration - Individual Arbitration Agreements *** CA - Employer's failure to produce arbitration agreement was fatal to its motion to compel arbitration...
Arbitration Law Memo November 2007
Posted on November 30, 2007Arbitration Law Memo November 2007 by LawMemo - First in Employment Law Also by free monthly email. *** Arbitration - Individual Arbitration Agreements *** US - Supreme Court supplemental briefs on contract agreeing to expand judicial review of an arbitration award...
Arbitration Law Memo October 2007
Posted on October 31, 2007Arbitration Law Memo October 2007 by LawMemo - First in Employment Law Also available by free monthly email. *** Arbitration - Individual Arbitration Agreements *** CA - Class action waiver was unconscionable...
Arbitration Law Memo - September 2007
Posted on October 01, 2007Arbitration Law Memo September 2007 by LawMemo - World's Best Also available by free monthly email. *** Arbitration - Individual Arbitration Agreements *** US - Supreme Court will decide whether contract validity issue must be sent to an arbitrator...
Arbitration Law Memo August 2007
Posted on August 31, 2007Arbitration Law Memo August 2007 by LawMemo - World's Best Also available by free monthly email. *** Arbitration - Individual Arbitration Agreements *** CA - Class arbitration waiver may violate public policy (4-3). CA - Arbitration opt-out provision does not eliminate unconscionability analysis (4-3)...
Arbitration Law Memo July 2007
Posted on July 17, 2007Arbitration Law Memo July 2007 by LawMemo - World's Best Also available by free monthly email. *** Arbitration - Individual Contracts *** US - Update on US Supreme Court FAA case. *** Arbitration - Collective Bargaining Agreements *** 7th - Recognition clause of CBA was adequate basis for arbitration (2-1)...
Arbitration Law Memo June 2007
Posted on June 29, 2007Arbitration Law Memo June 2007 by LawMemo - World's Best Also available by free monthly email. *** Arbitration - Individual Contracts *** AR - Employment contract did not involve commerce under FAA. MA - Arbitration provision in assistant superintendent's contract enforced...
Arbitration Law Memo May 2007
Posted on June 02, 2007Arbitration Law Memo May 2007 by LawMemo - World's Best Also available by free monthly email. US - Supreme Court will decide whether parties can expand scope of judicial review. *** Arbitration - Individual Contracts *** 9th - Law firm's agreement was unconscionable...
Arbitration Law Memo March 2007
Posted on March 29, 2007Arbitration Law Memo March 2007 by LawMemo - World's Best Also available by free monthly email. *** Arbitration - Individual Contracts *** 8th - Employee intervenor in EEOC enforcement action compelled to arbitrate individual discrimination claims...
Arbitration Law Memo February 2007
Posted on March 01, 2007Arbitration Law Memo February 2007by LawMemo - World's Best Also available by free monthly email. *** Arbitration - Individual Contracts *** 6th ? Lack of findings of fact and conclusions of law didn?t prevent confirmation of arbitration award...
Arbitration Law Memo January 2007
Posted on February 02, 2007Arbitration Law Memo January 2007by LawMemo - World's Best Also available by free monthly email. *** Arbitration - Individual Contracts *** CA - Class action waiver wasn't substantively unconscionable...
Arbitration Law Memo December 2006
Posted on January 01, 2007Arbitration Law Memo December 2006by LawMemo - World's Best Also available by free monthly email. *** Arbitration - Individual Contracts *** OH - No-solicit injunction allowed without referral to arbitration...
Arbitration Law Memo November 2006
Posted on November 30, 2006Arbitration Law Memo November 2006by LawMemo - World's Best Also available by free monthly email. *** Arbitration - Individual Contracts *** 10th - Continued employment was acceptance of dispute resolution program despite express rejection...
Arbitration Law Memo September 2006
Posted on September 16, 2006Arbitration Law Memo September 2006by LawMemo - World's Best Also available by free monthly email. *** Arbitration - Individual Contracts *** CA - Arbitrator's award wasn't reviewable for errors of law. 2nd - Arbitration clause was effective, even though employment contract that contained it had expired...
Arbitration Law Memo August 2006
Posted on August 11, 2006Arbitration Law Memo August 2006by LawMemo - World's Best Also available by free monthly email. *** Arbitration - Individual Contracts *** NJ - Anti-class-action clause may or may not be unconscionable. NJ - Consumer cannot be required to pay for arbitration...
Arbitration Law Memo July 2006
Posted on July 12, 2006Arbitration Law Memo July 2006by LawMemo - World's Best Also available by free monthly email. *** Arbitration - Individual Contracts *** NLRB - Non-union employer's arbitration policy was an unfair labor practice (2-1)...

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