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What can you say about an internet contracting strategy that died? I’m referring, of course, to General Mills’ abortive attempt to include new terms of service on all its internet and social media products, including an agreement to arbitrate...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — (Mealey’s) The U.S. Supreme Court this morning granted a petition for a writ of certiorari in a lawsuit over the validity of class action waivers in employment arbitration agreements and remanded the case to the Second District...

Today the United States Supreme Court issued its opinion in American Express Co. v. Italian Colors Restaurant [ an enhanced version of this opinion is available to lexis.com subscribers ], holding that courts may not invalidate a contractual waiver...

The California Supreme Court has scheduled oral argument for April 3, 2014 in Iskanian v. CLS Transportation , a case involving the enforceability of class/representative action waivers in employment arbitration agreements under California law. The Iskanian...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (Mealey's) A mandatory class action waiver clause in American Express Co.'s (AmEx) standardized service contract is enforceable under the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA), even if the cost of individual arbitration of merchants'...

Excerpt: On February 1, 2012, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals decided In re American Express Merchants' Litigation , No. 06-1871-cv, (2d Cir. Feb. 1, 2012) (" AMEX III ") [ an enhanced version of this opinion is available to lexis...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (Mealey's) A mandatory class action waiver clause in American Express Co.'s (AmEx) standardized service contract is enforceable under the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA), even if the cost of individual arbitration of merchants'...

By Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP Excerpt: On February 1, 2012, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals decided In re American Express Merchants' Litigation , No. 06-1871-cv, (2d Cir. Feb. 1, 2012) (" AMEX III ") [ an enhanced...

By the Consumer Financial Services Group The U.S. Supreme Court's decision in AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion , 131 S. Ct. 1740 (2011) [ enhanced version available to lexis.com subscribers ], obligates courts to compel individual arbitration...

Earlier this summer when the U.S. Supreme Court issued its opinion in Italian Colors v. American Express , in which the Court enforced a class action waiver in an arbitration agreement to compel the claimants to arbitrate their antitrust claims, the decision...