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Another Court Strikes Down Class Action Ban In Arbitration Agreement
Our friends at the CL&P blog have posted a short nice article on a recent ruling from New Mexico striking down an unfriendly provision in an arbitration agreement banning class actions...

Justice Ginsburg nixes a stay of decision allowing class action arbitration
Today US Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg denied an application to stay a 2nd Circuit ruling that allows a class action arbitration. [Application for stay] In Stolt-Nielsen SA, et al...

Second Circuit Decision Strikes Down Class Action Arbitration Ban
In In re American Express Merchants' Litigation, No. 06-1871 (2d Cir. Jan. 30, 2009), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit today struck down an arbitration clause that banned any type of class or representative litigation...

JAMS Revises Procedures on Class Wide Arbitration
Source: Lexology, April 24, 2009. JAMS revises procedures on class wide arbitrationDreher Tomkies Scheiderer LLP"Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services ("JAMS") recently revised its class action procedure to make clear that it will enforce a class action waiver provision, or its equivalent, contained in an arbitration agreement unless a court orders the matter or claim to arbitration as a class action...

Justices Agree to Examine Arbitration Agreement; Appeals Courts Have Split
Per BNA's Class Action Litigation Report, 11/14/2008:The U.S. Supreme Court Nov. 7 granted review of an issue that the petitioner says has generated an ?intractable divide? among the federal appeals courts: Does the Federal Arbitration Act give appellate jurisdiction over the appeal from an order denying application to stay claims involving nonsignatories to an arbitration agreement? (Arthur Andersen LLP v...

Third Circuit Strikes Down Class-Action Ban, Eliminates Claimed Circuit Split
by Deepak Gupta This blog has closely followed the ongoing battle over class-action bans: adhesion contract provisions that purport to strip consumers and employees of their right to pursue class actions, whether in litigation or in arbitration...

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