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Resolving Circuit Split, U.S. Supreme Court Says Courts ‘Shall’ Stay Cases Sent to Arbitration

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“Shall” means “shall” in the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA), a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court held in Smith v. Spizzirri, No. 22–1218 (May 16, 2024). The Court explained the language in the FAA providing a court “shall on...more

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U.S. Supreme Court Decides that Federal Courts Should Stay, Rather than Dismiss, Cases that Are Subject to Arbitration, If One...

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The U.S. Supreme Court has decided an issue concerning cases that are subject to arbitration that has divided the federal courts of appeals: when the claims at issue in a federal court suit are subject to arbitration, does...more

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SCOTUS Unanimous: Order Compelling Arbitration Requires Court to Stay, not Dismiss Case

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On May 16, 2024, the Supreme Court unanimously held that when a district court compels claims to arbitration and a party has requested a stay under section 3 of the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA), the district court is...more

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In Arbitration, Shall Means Shall

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The Supreme Court issued a decision Thursday in a case named Smith, et al. v. Spizzirri, et al., that has significant import for the franchise community. Many, if not the vast majority of, franchise agreements contain clauses...more

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Classified Monthly: A Roundup of Class Action Decisions From Federal Appellate Courts – January 2024

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The Roundup is a monthly publication that covers the previous month’s notable class action decisions from federal appellate courts, as well as notable Supreme Court cert petitions related to class actions....more

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U.S. Supreme Court to Decide Whether Federal Courts Have Authority to Dismiss, Rather than Stay, Cases that Are Subject to...

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The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide an issue concerning cases that are subject to arbitration that has divided the federal appeals courts: when the claims at issue in a federal court suit are subject to arbitration,...more

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Supreme Court to Decide Whether District Courts Have the Discretion to Dismiss Cases Subject to Arbitration

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Recently the U.S. Supreme Court granted the petition for certiorari in Smith v. Spizzirri, which presents the question of whether § 3 of the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) requires district courts to issue a stay pending...more

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SCOTUS Takes Up Circuit Split on Staying or Dismissing Lawsuits in the Face of Arbitration Agreements

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On January 12, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari in Wendy Smith, et al. v. Keith Spizzirri, et al. The Court’s review should resolve a split in the U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeal as to whether, when presented...more

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SCOTUS to Weigh Whether a Court or Arbitrator Should Decide if a Subsequent Agreement Narrows a Preceding Arbitration Agreement...

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The United States Supreme Court recently granted a petition for certiorari to review a Ninth Circuit decision and resolve the issue of whether, when parties enter into an arbitration agreement with a delegation clause, the...more

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Supreme Court to Hear Case on Whether Lawsuits are Stayed During Appeal of Denial of Motion to Compel Arbitration

On December 9, 2022, the Supreme Court of the United States granted a petition for certiorari in a case raising the question of whether a non-frivolous appeal to the denial of a motion to compel arbitration strips the...more

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Supreme Court To Settle Longstanding Split Over Stays Pending Arbitration Appeals

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The Supreme Court just agreed to review an important question at the intersection of arbitration law and appellate practice. Its ultimate decision in the case could provide a major boost to defendants seeking to enforce...more

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SCOTUS Punts Question Of Who Decides Arbitrability, Leaving 5th Circuit Decision To Stand

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The U.S. Supreme Court just refused to address the question of whether a carve-out in an arbitration agreement exempting certain claims from arbitration also exempts those claims from the agreement’s delegation of...more

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Arbitrating Arbitrability: Three Recent Appellate Decisions On Delegation Clauses In Arbitration Agreements

This summer, we discussed that the Supreme Court is reviewing whether an arbitration agreement’s clear delegation of the question of arbitrability to the arbitrator can be negated by a provision that exempts certain claims...more

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Arbitrability, Delegation, Carve-outs and Estoppel: SCOTUS Says “Welcome Back, Henry Schein”

On June 15, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court welcomed back a familiar case by granting certiorari in Henry Schein, Inc. v. Archer and White Sales, Inc., No. 19-963. SCOTUS itself arguably made the case’s second visit to...more

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Schein On: Supreme Court To Decide Key Arbitration Delegation Question

The Henry Schein arbitration battle is making its way to the Supreme Court again. The Court recently granted Henry Schein, Inc.’s certiorari petition to answer the question of “Whether a provision in an arbitration agreement...more

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Supreme Court Agrees to Decide Arbitration Issue (But Not the Expected One)

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On June 15, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari in Henry Schein, Inc. v. Archer and White Sales, Inc. to decide a question that has divided the federal circuit courts and state supreme courts: “whether a provision...more

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Supreme Court Will Review Whether “Carve Out” Clause Negates Delegation To Arbitrators To Determine Arbitrability

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On June 15, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court announced it will consider an issue important to resolving disputes by arbitration. The Court will determine whether it is possible both to carve out certain disputes from arbitration...more

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Update On Arbitration Agreements In California: U.S. Supreme Court Denies Certiorari In OTO, LLC v. Kho

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On June 8, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court denied the employer’s petition for certiorari in OTO, LLC v. Kho. As background, in 2019, the California Supreme Court ruled in OTO that the arbitration agreement at issue was not...more

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Arbitration: The New York Convention vs. U.S. Domestic Law – The Supreme Court Will Consider Reconciliation

The U.S. Supreme Court has granted certiorari to review a decision concerning arbitration that hinges on the interaction of (i) the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards (the “NY...more

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You’ll Have to Say It If You Mean It: Supreme Court Holds That Agreement to Permit “Class Arbitration” Must Be Express and...

Predictably, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in Lamps Plus, Inc. v. Varela, No. 17-988, 2019 U.S. LEXIS 2943 (U.S. April 24, 2019), that, under the Federal Arbitration Act, neither silence nor “ambiguity” in an arbitration...more

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U.S. Supreme Court Illuminates Class Arbitration and FAA Appeal Issues

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In an important ruling that further narrows the circumstances in which class arbitration will be permitted, the Supreme Court today held that under the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA)...more

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Skadden's 2019 Insights: 2018-19 Supreme Court Update

Much of the attention on the U.S. Supreme Court in the 2018-19 term has concerned its composition or its handling of cases involving some of the signature initiatives of President Donald Trump’s administration. Less noticed...more

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High Court’s Ruling On Class Arbitration In Lamps Plus v. Varela May Have Limited Practical Effect

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After recently hearing oral argument in Lamps Plus Inc. v. Varela, the United States Supreme Court is set to decide whether the Federal Arbitration Act forecloses a state-law interpretation of an arbitration agreement that...more

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Supreme Court Hears Oral Argument In Lamps Plus Case

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On October 29, 2018, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in the case of Lamps Plus, Inc. v. Varela. At issue in Lamps Plus is what standard should be applied in determining whether parties have agreed to submit claims to...more

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A Proposal: Adopt a “Clear and Unmistakable” Standard to Determine If Parties Have Agreed to “Class Arbitration”

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that “class arbitration” may be permitted if an arbitration agreement authorizes it, Stolt-Nielsen v. AnimalFeeds Int’l Corp., 559 U.S. 662, 684 (2010), and that state contract law governs the...more

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