California Appellate Court Holds Dispute Regarding Fast and Furious Franchise Not Arbitrable

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”

“U.S. Circuit Courts Split Over Issues Concerning The Ability To Obtain Evidence From Non-Parties In International Arbitration”

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””

New Jersey Supreme Court Finds Employment Dispute To Be Arbitrable, Even Though Arbitration Provision Failed To Include Material Terms

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”

“Ninth Circuit Affirms Order Denying Uber’s Motion to Compel Arbitration of Claims Brought Under the ADA”

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””

“Northern District of California Denies Arbitration in TCPA Class Action, Citing Lack of Affirmative Assent to Arbitrate in Web Submissions”

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.