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SJC upholds class action waiver In arbitration agreement, but strikes bar on multiple damages

  • Seyfarth Shaw LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 14 2013

In Machado v. System4 LLC, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) held that Massachusetts courts must enforce class action waivers in

Supreme Court renders unanimous ruling on class arbitration in Oxford Health Plans LLC v. Sutter

  • Seyfarth Shaw LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 11 2013

Let's say you are in a dispute covered by an arbitration agreement that is vague as to whether class action arbitrations can be brought. You want to

Supreme Court upholds arbitrator's ruling on class arbitration but defers question of arbitrability

  • Seyfarth Shaw LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 11 2013

Surprising many observers, the Supreme Court on Monday upheld an arbitrator's decision to permit class arbitration even though the parties' agreement

NLRB reverses ALJ, orders deferral of charge against union to arbitration

  • Seyfarth Shaw LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 23 2013

In Sheet Metal Workers International Association Local 18, 359 NLRB No. 121, the NLRB held that an employer's unfair labor practice charge against a

Ninth Circuit punts in Kilgore, continuing uncertainty on arbitration

  • Seyfarth Shaw LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 15 2013

On April 11, 2013, the Ninth Circuit issued its long-anticipated en banc decision in Kilgore v. Keybank, National Association, No. 09-16703

Concepcion prevails again: class action waiver upheld by Fourth Circuit

  • Seyfarth Shaw LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 4 2013

In a decision that management lawyers hope was not an April Fool's prank, the Fourth Circuit earlier this week upheld an arbitration agreement with a

Class action waivers in arbitration agreements: what’s a financial-services employer to do?

  • Seyfarth Shaw LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 28 2013

Most national financial-services companies have a substantial presence in New York. Despite the obvious charms of life in the Big Apple, it is

Behind the "magic-8 ball": Supreme Court hears argument in Sutter

  • Seyfarth Shaw LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 25 2013

Can an employer that has agreed to arbitrate "all disputes" with its employees be required to participate in "class arbitration," even if its

Second Circuit enforces agreement to individual arbitration and rejects "class action as substantive right" theory

  • Seyfarth Shaw LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 22 2013

As we reported yesterday, in the recent oral argument in Raniere v. CitiGroup, Inc., the Second Circuit seemed skeptical of an argument that has been

Second Circuit holds that employers can use arbitration agreements to avoid pattern or practice class actions

  • Seyfarth Shaw LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 22 2013

On March 21, 2013, the Second Circuit issued its long-awaited decision in Parisi v. Goldman, Sachs & Co., No. 11-5229 (2d Cir. Mar. 21, 2013). In a