Author Archives: Robert Harris

Nathalie Russell and C. Linna Chen have authored this article, published in Lexology, discussing the California appellate decision in Moritz v. Universal City Studios LLC. They summarize their article as follows: “California appeals court affirms denial of motion to compel arbitration of contractual dispute concerning Fast and the Furious spinoff film, Hobbs & Shaw, holding arbitration provisions inContinue reading “California Appellate Court Holds Dispute Regarding Fast and Furious Franchise Not Arbitrable”

Sarah Biser, Craig Tractenberg and Oksana Wright of Fox Fothschild LLP have authored a two part article, published in JD Supra (found here and here), which they describe as discussing “the differences that have emerged in rulings by federal appeals courts in the United States Circuits on certain issues that may affect the ability ofContinue reading ““U.S. Circuit Courts Split Over Issues Concerning The Ability To Obtain Evidence From Non-Parties In International Arbitration””

Alexandra Shaw and Patrick Curran, Jr. of Ogletree Deakins have authored this article, published in Lexology.

Lexology has this article by Squire Patton Boggs attorney, Eric Troutman, discussing the recent U.S. District Court decision in Arizona, Briggs v. Pfvt Motors Llc, No. CV-20-00478-PHX-GMS.

Lawyersand Settlements.com has this article by Anne Wallace, discussing the Ninth Circuit’s consideration of the appeals in Wallace v. GrubHub and Rogers v. Lyft, Inc.

The New Jersey Supreme Court in Flanzman v. Jenny Craig, Inc. explained as follows: “In this appeal, the Court considers whether the Arbitration Agreement(Agreement) signed by plaintiff Marilyn Flanzman and her former employer compelsarbitration of Flanzman’s discrimination claims given that the Agreement did not namethe arbitrator, designate an arbitration organization to conduct the proceeding, orContinue reading “New Jersey Supreme Court Finds Employment Dispute To Be Arbitrable, Even Though Arbitration Provision Failed To Include Material Terms”

Nora Valenza-Frost of Carlton Fields authored this article, found in JD Supra, which begins: “In a dispute over Uber’s alleged failure to provide a wheelchair-accessible ride-sharing option in New Orleans, the District Court held that, under California law, plaintiffs were not equitably estopped from avoiding arbitration because their ADA claims did not rely on Uber’sContinue reading ““Ninth Circuit Affirms Order Denying Uber’s Motion to Compel Arbitration of Claims Brought Under the ADA””

Janice Sperow has authored this article, available at Law360.

A California federal court’s decision in Berman v. Freedom Financial Network is the subject of this article by Attorneys Virginia Bell Flynn, Brooke Conkle, Chad Fuller, Troy Jenkins and Alan Wingfield of Troutman Pepper, published in JD Supra.

Odean Volker of Haynes and Boone LLP has this article found in Lexology, discussing recent arbitration decisions from the federal courts in the Fifth Circuit.