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Supreme Court Clarifies Arbitration Clauses: Key Takeaways for Companies

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Recent decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court in Smith v. Spizzirri, 601 U.S. 472 (2024) and Coinbase, Inc. v. Suski, 144 S. Ct. 1186 (2024) provide important guidance for companies utilizing arbitration clauses in their...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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DCD Compels Arbitration for TCPA Class Action Despite Being Non-Signatory to Agreement

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The District of Massachusetts’s recent decision in Fairfield v. DCD Auto. Holdings, Inc., No. 22-cv-11977, 2023 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 109463 (D. Mass. June 26, 2023) serves as a key reminder for businesses not only to have...more

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Ninth Circuit Upholds Arbitration Provision Delegating Enforceability Determination to Arbitrator

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In Brice v. Haynes Investments LLC, No. 19-15707 (9th Cir. Sept. 16, 2021), the Ninth Circuit considered an appeal by shareholders in Native American tribe-linked online lenders of a district court order denying the...more

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