Updated: A suit filed by a bankruptcy trustee alleges Williams & Connolly’s legal bills for an arbitration “exceeded the bounds of reasonableness” and the expenses it incurred were “outlandish.”
A would-be class action lawsuit filed on Tuesday claims Fitbit engages in unfair trade practices by selling “wildly inaccurate” pulse trackers and informing consumers of a lawsuit ban after they…
Debt collectors who buy up debt and sue to recover the money are deflecting class action suits challenging their practices with arbitration agreements purportedly signed by the debtors with their…
DirecTV’s service agreement barring mass arbitration by its customers must be enforced by California courts, the U.S. Supreme Court has held in a 6-3 opinion considering the interplay of unusual…
Mediation ordered by the chief justice of the Kentucky Supreme Court has apparently resolved a dispute between a Jefferson County judge and prosecutor.
Jefferson Circuit Judge Olu Stevens and Jefferson…
The chief justice of the Kentucky Supreme Court has ordered a Jefferson County judge and the commonwealth’s attorney into mediation to resolve a contentious dispute sparked by an issue over…
Religious tribunals are being used in U.S. cases that go beyond spiritual questions to sort out allegations ranging from financial fraud to wrongful death.
Once virtually unheard-of, clauses requiring individuals to arbitrate consumer and employment disputes are now ubiquitous in documents ranging from applications for cable television service, a credit card or a bed…
Mediators and other practitioners of alternative dispute resolution are using information gleaned from the research of world-class neuroscientists to calm emotions and help mediations resolve more easily. With the advent…
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is considering proposed rules that would bar consumer financial companies from using arbitration clauses to block class actions.
CFPB Director Richard Cordray announced the proposals…
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether the Federal Arbitration Act pre-empts a California rule said to invalidate arbitration agreements more often than other types of contracts.