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Texas district court deems arbitration agreement enforceable

  • Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 29 2013

The US District Court for the Southern District of Texas recently held that a dispute between a group of employers and a former employee should be

District court rules that individual LLC member is third-party beneficiary and bound by arbitration agreement

  • Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 21 2012

The US District Court for the Southern District of Florida confirmed that third-party beneficiaries of a contract containing an arbitration clause may be

Second Circuit finds that petition to compel arbitration cannot be voluntarily dismissed

  • Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 3 2012

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the Southern District of New York’s vacatur of a petitioner’s voluntary notice of dismissal of a petition to compel arbitration

Idaho district court holds that arbitration requirement is subject to limited judicial review

  • Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 4 2012

The United States District Court for the District of Idaho held that, under Ninth Circuit law, an arbitration award is judicially reviewable under the Federal Arbitration Act even where the arbitration agreement at issue contained language describing the arbitrator’s award as “final and binding” and not subject to appeal

Delaware Chancery Court upholds arbitration clause in employment agreement

  • Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 2 2012

The Delaware Court of Chancery dismissed several claims in a contract dispute between an employer and its former employee, holding that those claims were subject to the arbitration clause in an employment agreement between the parties

Courts lack jurisdiction to review determinations by arbitration panels under the Railway Labor Act

  • Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 10 2012

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit recently held that collective bargaining agreements cannot provide for judicial review of the Railway Labor Act’s (RLA) exclusive and mandatory dispute resolution process

Court finds arbitration clauses cell phone contracts do not apply to collection agency

  • Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 19 2011

Customers who had signed cell phone contracts with Verizon and AT&T, brought a class action against the collection agency that the phone companies hired to collect unpaid fees and charges

TIA victory for owner participants in Second Circuit Delta ruling

  • Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 14 2010

On June 22 2010 the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit handed down a decision which has important implications for the holders of tax indemnification agreement (TIA) claims arising from aircraft leveraged leasing transactions

Third party may not compel signatories to an arbitration agreement

  • Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 7 2010

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit reversed a district court’s grant of individual co-defendants’ motion to dismiss and to compel arbitration between plaintiff and entity co-defendant, on the grounds that the movants (1) were non-signatories to the Fulfillment Agreement between plaintiff and entity co-defendant which contained the arbitration provision they were attempting to enforce, and (2) had explicitly disclaimed any right to participate in the arbitration they were seeking to compel

State law governs determination of whether non-signatory can be compelled to arbitrate

  • Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 26 2010

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed and remanded a ruling by a district court that an injured worker could not be compelled to arbitrate against his former employer's insurer