Investor Arbitration, Class Status, AI Shake Up Securities Bar

SEC policy shifts, rulings on investor class status and actionable company statements, and discussions about the future of ...

Angels agree to terms with entire arbitration class except Reid Detmers

Fortunately for the Angels, they were able to come to terms with five of their six arbitration eligible players without going ...
JD Supra

Court Excludes Class Members with Binding Arbitration Agreements

In an important decision regarding the size and potential scope of a putative class, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio recently granted a defendant’s motion to exclude ...
The National Law Review

Class Arbitration of ERISA Claims: Yes You Can!

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JD Supra

Court Compels Proposed ESOP Class to Individual Arbitration Based on Plan Document

Courts have taken varying fact-specific approaches when determining the viability of mandatory class action waivers and arbitration provisions contained in employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs).
Law

Developments Regarding Arbitration and Class Action Waivers

In his Complex Litigation column, Michael Hoenig, a member of Herzfeld & Rubin, writes that the Supreme Court will hear an appeal of a February 2012 holding that an arbitration and class action waiver ...
WRAL

Supreme Court Upholds Workplace Arbitration Contracts Barring Class Actions

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that companies can use arbitration clauses in employment contracts to prohibit workers from banding together to take legal action over workplace issues.
Forbes

State Lawmakers Pursue Reform Of Arbitration System Erected As Alternative To Class Action

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the intersection of state & federal policy and politics. In the days and even hours leading up to Governor Ron DeSantis’s ...
Law

Arbitration Agreements and Class Action Waivers in the Employment Context: States Versus the FAA

It is no secret that arbitration agreements and class action waivers have, over time, become increasingly standard in countless areas of business—especially in the employment context. In 2019, the U.S ...
The National Law Review

Class Action Trends Report: Mass Arbitration Monkey Wrench

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Reuters

Will Binance class action over Terra collapse be forced into arbitration?

(Reuters) - An all-too-familiar class action defense has imperiled a novel case accusing crypto trading platform Binance.US of breaching securities laws by facilitating trades in Terra USD, the ...