Arbitrator Allen Ponak (Past President of the NAA) sent us notice of a recent decision by the Ontario Court of Appeals dealing with the use of arbitration...
On January 15, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its New Prime V. Oliveira decision. As we previously noted (see here), the Court held that only courts can...
In New Prime Inc. v. Oliveira (Docket No. 17-340), issued on January 15, 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held that only courts can decide the question...
In a unanimous decision issued on January 8, 2019, the Supreme Court held that when parties to an arbitration agreement have agreed to have an arbitrator...
The United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, recently delivered its opinion in Beltran v. AupaireCare, Inc., Case No. 17-1359 (10th Cir. Oct. 30,...
In a not surprising decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit recently held that the determination of whether class arbitration is authorized...
The second and third arbitration cases that the Supreme Court will consider this term (2018-2019) were argued on October 29. The first arbitration case of...
(Arbitrator and NAA member, Maretta Comfort Toedt) In JPay, Inc. v. Kobel, the parties agreed that their dispute was to be settled in arbitration but not...
Below please find a summary of Cup v. Ampco, a recent decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit dealing with the issue of...
On September 27, 2018, the Kentucky Supreme Court issued an opinion that walked a fine line between upholding a state law ban on pre-dispute agreements to...