By George H. Friedman, SAA Publisher & Editor-in-Chief
Consumer advocate and mandatory arbitration critic Barbara Roper has joined the SEC’s senior staff.
By Ruben Huertero*
The Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit holds that Uber Technologies Inc. drivers are not engaged in interstate commerce under a nationwide standard and must arbitrate their claims.
By George H. Friedman, SAA Publisher & Editor-in-Chief
SCOTUS again has eschewed an opportunity to clear up the split over the Federal Arbitration Act’s (“FAA”) section 1 exemption for workers engaged in commerce,
By George H. Friedman, SAA Publisher & Editor-in-Chief
The issue of shareholder arbitration is in the news again, this time in the form of a long-awaited court decision on Johnson &
By George H. Friedman, SAA Publisher & Editor-in-Chief*
Years ago I penned a blog post on Independence Day and arbitration, and updated it a few years ago.
By George H. Friedman, SAA Publisher & Editor-in-Chief
This is less a letter from the editor and more your editor’s musings, but I wonder whether we are seeing the start of a tectonic shift on mandatory predispute arbitration agreements (“PDAA”) in the financial services field?