Consumer Advocates to CFPB: Write Rule Empowering Consumers to Choose Arbitration Post-Dispute
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By George H. Friedman, SAA Publisher & Editor-in-Chief

A coalition of leading consumer advocacy groups has petitioned the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) to promulgate a rule allowing financial consumers the option to arbitrate after a dispute arises.

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ICSID Releases Stats for FY 2023
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By George H. Friedman, SAA Publisher & Editor-in-Chief

ICSID recently released updated caseload stats.

Although we tend to think that most investment disputes in the U.S.

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California Supreme Court: PAGA Plaintiff May Assert Representative Claims
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By George H. Friedman, SAA Publisher & Editor-in-Chief

The California Supreme Court has ruled unanimously that, even though a California Private Attorney General Act (“PAGA”) Plaintiff’s individual claims have been referred to arbitration,

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SCOTUS Decides Coinbase: District Court Must Stay its Proceedings While Interlocutory Appeal on the Question of Arbitrability is Pending
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By George H. Friedman, SAA Publisher & Editor-in-Chief

The Supreme Court has decided Coinbase, Inc. v. Bielski, No. 22-105,

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Third Circuit Finally Rules on J&J’s Rejection of Shareholders’ Arbitration Proposal
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By George H. Friedman, SAA Publisher & Editor-in-Chief

The issue of shareholder arbitration is in the news again, this time another court decision on Johnson &

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Scaling the Tips of a Claimed Information Advantage: A Response to “Tipping the Scales: Balancing Consumer Arbitration Cases”
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By Richard P. Ryder, Esq.* 

We reported in SAA 2023-12 (Mar. 23) on a newly-released research paper that questions securities arbitration’s fairness and,

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