Arbitration and ADR: The National Law Review Page 4

For the latest news, stories, and information on alternative dispute resolution (ADR), arbitration meetings, and court-ordered mediation between parties, the National Law Review provides readers with a source of information online. Biding adversarial proceedings and non-binding voluntary procedures, which are heard in front of a neutral third party, are discussed under the National Law Review’s ADR coverage, and rules and regulations pertaining to this source of conflict resolution are analyzed by the team of legal experts at the National Law Review.

Coverage includes the examination of different arbitration agreement rulings, at the federal and state level. Arbitration agreements, both in employment and otherwise, and arbitrator awards, in cases relating to business organizations and disputes, are also covered on the site. Arbitration related to sexual harassment lawsuits in the workplace are extremely common today; readers can learn about binding and non-binding terms, and how employees can defeat these arbitration clauses when filing a lawsuit against their company or C-level executive in their organization, on the National Law Review site. Compulsory arbitration clauses in agreements relating to major corporations, shareholder agreements, or multinational agreements, are covered on the National Law Review. These agreements, from industries including employment disputes, consumer class action lawsuits, and franchise agreements, are among the different topics, news, and stories, which visitors will read about on the National Law Review website.

Litigation which arises out of binding arbitration agreements in the workplace, clauses which parties can’t agree upon when creating a new contract, or dealings between companies in different jurisdictions which go awry, are among the different topics which the National Law Review covers, in relation to ADR and arbitration law. Visitors will read stories which arise in the United States, across country-borders, and between multinational organizations, when visiting the National Law Review, for coverage on this area of law.

Date	Title	Organization
11 Oct	DOJ and Merging Parties Agree on Unprecedented Arbitration Procedure to Resolve Merger Challenge	McDermott Will & Emery
11 Oct	Can a Settlement Agreement Be Converted to an Arbitration Award That is Enforceable Under the New York Convention?	Mintz
11 Oct	California Governor Signs Legislation Outlawing Mandatory Arbitration Agreements with Employees	Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
10 Oct	Court Compels Arbitration Based on Clause Incorporated Into Guaranty Agreement	Carlton Fields
9 Oct	District of Idaho Rejects Challenges to Arbitration Award	Carlton Fields
8 Oct	Second Circuit Confirms Arbitration Awards That Are (Literally) Out of This World	Carlton Fields
7 Oct	Nevada Supreme Court Reverses Ordered Arbitration as the FAA Preempts NRS 597.995	Carlton Fields
7 Oct	Insurers Cannot Force Arbitration When Policy Is Governed by International Convention on Foreign Arbitration	Wiggin and Dana LLP
4 Oct	Calling SCOTUS: Sixth Circuit Re-Establishes Circuit Split Re U.S. Discovery In Aid of Foreign Commercial Arbitration (28 U.S.C. § 1782)	Mintz
4 Oct	District Court Dismisses Petition to Confirm Interim Arbitration Award for Lack of Subject-Matter Jurisdiction	Carlton Fields
4 Oct	District Court Compels Arbitration Citing Insurance Policy’s “Service-of-Suit” Provision	Carlton Fields
3 Oct	Does Section 1782 Apply to Discovery in Private International Commercial Arbitration Proceedings?	Greenberg Traurig, LLP
3 Oct	Bill to Nullify Mandatory Predispute Arbitration Agreements Passes in U.S. House	Jackson Lewis P.C.
2 Oct	Court Holds That Issue of Arbitrability Is for an Arbitrator to Decide Pursuant to Agreement	Carlton Fields
30 Sep	Sixth Circuit Eliminates Contractual Limitations Periods For Title VII Claims	Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
30 Sep	District Court Compels Arbitration Pursuant to Operating Agreement	Carlton Fields
27 Sep	Employment Discrimination Claim Compelled to Arbitration Despite Arguments That “Clickwrap” Stock Incentive Agreement and Discovery Limitations Were Unconscionable	Carlton Fields
26 Sep	NLRB Clarifies Use of Mandatory Arbitration Post-Epic Systems	Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
25 Sep	Ninth Circuit Affirms Confirmation of Arbitration Award, Finding Plaintiffs Failed to Show Prejudice From Denial of Discovery	Carlton Fields
24 Sep	Broad U.S. Discovery Now Available in Foreign Arbitrations	Bracewell LLP
23 Sep	Attacking An Inexplicable Arbitration Award: “Manifest Disregard of the Law” Or Something Else?	Mintz
20 Sep	Sixth Circuit’s Plain-Meaning Approach to Foreign Arbitration Discovery	Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
20 Sep	California Employment Law Notes -September 2019	Proskauer Rose LLP
19 Sep	Long Road Ahead As Congress Begins Chipping Away At Workplace Arbitration	Barnes & Thornburg LLP
19 Sep	Southern District Concludes That Invocation of AAA’s Rules Subjects Arbitrability Questions to Arbitrator, Rejects Waiver Claim	Carlton Fields
18 Sep	Intervenor-Defendant Obtains Stay of SDNY Action in Favor of Arbitration 14 Months After Complaint Filed	Carlton Fields
17 Sep	Court Concludes That Bankruptcy Discharge Does Not Affect Arbitration Clause	Carlton Fields
16 Sep	District of Connecticut Enforces Amex Arbitration Clause Where Cardmember Did Not “Opt Out”	Carlton Fields
16 Sep	California Arbitration Roundup: Employers Are 3-1 For Favorable Arbitration Rulings	Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP
13 Sep	California Supreme Court Delivers PAGA Win for Employers	Mintz
13 Sep	Beltway Buzz, September 13, 2019	Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
12 Sep	Three Major Workplace Bills to Land on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Desk	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
11 Sep	Court Holds Arbitration Provision Does Not Violate California’s McGill Rule	Carlton Fields
10 Sep	Irreconcilable Differences: In Dorman v. Charles Schwab Corp., Ninth Circuit Overrules 35-Year-Old Authority; Concludes ERISA Claims Subject to Mandatory Arbitration.	Robinson & Cole LLP
9 Sep	Employers Beware: It's Once Again Time to Review Your Arbitration Agreements	Foley & Lardner LLP
9 Sep	Incorporation by Reference of a Commercial Contract’s Arbitration Clause Can Bind a Non-Signatory Performance Bond Surety	Mintz
9 Sep	Court Directs Arbitration Where Plaintiff Acknowledges the Parties Agreed to Do So	Carlton Fields
4 Sep	Non-Signatory Surety Bound By Arbitration Clause in Incorporated Contract	Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
4 Sep	An Arbitrator, and not the Courts, Should Decide the Question of Substantive Arbitrability if “The Parties’ Contract Provides ‘Clear and Unmistakable Evidence’ of Their Intent That an Arbitrator Should Decide the Question”	K&L Gates
3 Sep	After Reviewing the Arbitration Record, Court Enters Default Judgment Confirming Default Arbitration Award	Carlton Fields
3 Sep	Attention Colorado Long-Term Care Facilities: Federal Arbitration Rules Are Changing	Greenberg Traurig, LLP
3 Sep	New Arbitration Rule Violates the Rights of Vulnerable Nursing Home Residents	Stark & Stark
27 Aug	Ninth Circuit Concludes Defendant Waived Right to Seek Arbitration of Class Action	Carlton Fields
27 Aug	NDNY Finds Party Waived Right to Pursue Employment-Related Claims and Confirms Arbitration Award	Carlton Fields
26 Aug	NLRB Holds That Employers May Modify Arbitration Agreements, Threaten Workers to Sign After Commencement of Class Action Lawsuit	Foley & Lardner LLP
26 Aug	NLRB — Employers Facing Litigation Can Modify Existing Arbitration Agreements to Include Class Action Waivers, Penalize Employees Who Refuse to Sign	Jones Walker LLP
23 Aug	Court Remands Arbitration Award to Arbitrator for Clarification	Carlton Fields
22 Aug	NLRB: Employers Can Revamp Arbitration Agreements in Response to Collective or Class Action Suits	Ballard Spahr LLP
22 Aug	Choose Your Forum Wisely: Save Your Arbitration Clause From California’s Prohibition on Pre-Dispute Waivers of a Plaintiff’s Right To Seek Public Injunctive Relief	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
21 Aug	NLRB Issues First Decision Addressing Mandatory Arbitration Agreements Since Epic Systems (US)	Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP