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Third Circuit Reverses Order Denying Motion to Compel Arbitration, Holds Arbitration Clause in Consumer Financing Agreement Is...

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In Mancuso v. MDG USA Inc., the Third Circuit Court of Appeals considered defendant MDG’s appeal of an order denying its motion to compel arbitration of the plaintiff’s lawsuit alleging violations of state and federal fair...more

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Financial Services Weekly News - February 2019 #3

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Editor's Note - Good News, Bad News. Key developments in federal securities laws have recently brought both good news and bad news for current and prospective public companies. First, the Securities and Exchange Commission...more

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Second Circuit, on Truncated Record, Holds Dispute Implicating Core Bankruptcy Proceeding Non-Arbitrable

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In a recent decision pitting the Bankruptcy Code against the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held that a creditor could not compel arbitration of a debtor's class action claims...more

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CFPB Arbitration Rule Eliminated by Congress and President

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On November 1, President Trump formally did away with a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) arbitration rule that would have given consumers the opportunity to file class actions against banks and other companies in...more

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Senate Kills CFPB Rule Prohibiting Class Action Waivers

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Yesterday the Senate struck down a new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) rule which would have prohibited providers of financial products and services from including class action waivers in their arbitration...more

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Congress Votes To Repeal CFPB’s Arbitration Rule

The Senate voted on Tuesday, October 24, to repeal the CFPB’s Arbitration Rule first proposed in May of 2016 and issued in its final form in July. The rule would have imposed limitations on the use of pre-dispute arbitration...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

The CFPB Arbitration Rule Is Dead, or Is It?

By now you’ve heard that the Senate has killed the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB’s) arbitration rule. Following on the heels of an earlier thumbs-down vote of the House of Representatives, the Senate voted by...more

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Senate Strikes Down CFPB Arbitration Rule

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The short-lived rule will likely be remembered as part of the Trump Administration’s dismantling of the Obama Administration’s legacy, and as continuing the trend of courts strictly enforcing agreements to arbitrate as...more

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