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The Floodgates Have Opened: Mass Arbitrations

A series of U.S. Supreme Court decisions have all but eliminated class arbitrations for consumers, employees, franchisees, and others with common claims against a single company.  The latest, decisive blow came in Lamps Plus, Inc. v. Varela, 587 U.S. __, 203 L. Ed. 2d 636 (2019), with the Court holding that arbitration on a classwide basis could not be compelled based on an arbitration agreement’s ambiguous language.  Most arbitration agreements include a waiver of class arbitrations; some are silent.  There are virtually none explicitly allowing for class arbitration. Read More

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Aardvarks Care About the Cost of Business Dispute Resolution!

The CCA Arbitration Aardvark has noticed quite a bit of discussion on the cost of business dispute resolution and whether arbitration is speedier and less costly than litigation. It certainly can be, and often is. It has been reported that business arbitrations take on average 7.3 months from start to resolution while the U.S. District Court cases take an average of 23.4 months – and that’s even before appeals. Generally, the longer a case takes the more expensive it becomes. Read More

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