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United States Supreme Court decides significant arbitration and class action case

  • Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 27 2011

On Wednesday, April 27, 2011, the United States Supreme Court decided AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion

Is there an end in sight to wagehour and other class actions against employers?

  • Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 5 2011

On April 27, 2011, the U.. Supreme Court inAT&T Mobility v. Concepcion held that the Federal Arbitration Act ("FAA") preempts a California Supreme Court rule frequently used by California courts to prohibit class action waivers in consumer arbitration agreements

U.S. Supreme Court rules that waivers of class arbitrations are permissible under the Federal Arbitration Act

  • Blank Rome LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 29 2011

The United States Supreme Court recently issued an important decision that may impact arbitrations of employment disputes

Supremes rule: class action arbitration waivers valid

  • BoyarMiller
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 28 2011

In a bit of good news for employers, the United States Supreme Court on April 27, 2011 struck down a state law which prohibited arbitration agreement provisions waiving the right to participate in class action litigation

AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion -- (more) good news for employers?

  • Foley & Lardner LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • May 10 2011

The Supreme Court, led by Chief Justice John Roberts, continues to render decisions favorable to employers and continues to beat back attempts led largely by plaintiffs' attorneys and consumer activists to limit the use of mandatory arbitration as an alternative to civil litigation in court

AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion strikes a significant blow to plaintiffs’ class action bar

  • Alston & Bird LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • May 4 2011

In a highly anticipated opinion for those involved in consumer class actions, the U.S. Supreme Court recently held in AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion that California’s Discover Bank decision classifying most collective-arbitration waivers in consumer class actions as unconscionable is preempted by the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA

Whether to institute a pre-dispute arbitration policy waiving class & collective action claims in the wake of AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion

  • Seyfarth Shaw LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 18 2011

The United States Supreme Court's recent decision in AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion , upholding a class action waiver in a consumer contract, has refocused the attention of employers on the efficacy of requiring all employees to enter into pre-dispute arbitration agreements covering all employment-related claims

Supreme Court holds that class arbitration waivers are enforceable under the FAA

  • Hunton & Williams LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • May 16 2011

On April 27, the U.S. Supreme Court decided that the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”) preempts rules created by states, such as California, that classify most class action arbitration waivers in consumer contracts as unconscionable

Can employers opt out of class actions?

  • Dentons
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 12 2011

By a 5-4 vote, last month's U.S. Supreme Court decision in AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion requires arbitration agreements to be enforced according to their terms, even if those terms prohibit class action arbitrations

The future of employment arbitration agreements the legacy of AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion

  • Epstein Becker Green
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 9 2011

Employment litigation is growing at a rate far greater than litigation in general