U.S.: District court grants motion to compel arbitration in accordance with broad arbitration clause...
SteppeChange LLC v. VEON Ltd., No. 18-cv-04842 (N.D. Cal. Dec. 5, 2018)
Plaintiff SteppeChange, LLC ("SteppeChange") a California-based tech company, was involved in two...
US Supreme Court Rejects A “Wholly Groundless” Exception To Clauses Delegating Arbitrability
To paraphrase Pharaoh Ramses II, so it is written, so it shall be done.
In Schein, Inc. v. Archer and White Sales, Inc., 586 U.S. __ (January...
U.S.: Second Circuit affirms bankruptcy and district court decisions to deny motion to compel...
Anderson v. Credit One Bank, N.A. (In re Anderson), 884 F.3d 382 (2d Cir. 2018)
Plaintiff was a credit card holder with Credit One...
Arbitrability – Oregon federal court denies motion to stay proceedings pending arbitration, claiming there...
Meduri Farms, Inc. v. DutchTecSource B.V., No. 3:17-cv-906 (D. Or. Dec. 5, 2017)
Plaintiff Meduri Farms, Inc. ("Meduri"), an Oregon-based dried fruit producer, filed...
Fourth Circuit holds that parties delegated question of arbitrability to arbitrator by incorporating JAMS...
Simply Wireless, Inc. v. T-Mobile US, Inc., No. 16-1123 (4th Cir. Dec. 13, 2017)
In Simply Wireless, the Fourth Circuit reviewed a district court's...
New Arbitration Provisions Confirm that IP Disputes are Arbitrable in Hong Kong
On 1 January 2018, new provisions in the Arbitration Ordinance have come into force to confirm that all disputes relating to intellectual property rights...
Arbitrability – District court stays proceedings and compels arbitration in Hong Kong
Townsend Ventures , LLC v. Hybrid Kinetic Grp. Ltd., Civil Action No. GLR-17-130 (D. Md. Aug. 30, 2017)
Defendants, Hybrid Kinetic Group Limited ("Hybrid...
Arbitrability – Fifth Circuit affirms grant of motion to dismiss because arbitrability was validly...
Brittania-U Nigeria, Ltd. v. Chevron USA, Inc., No. 16-20690 (5th Cir. Aug. 9, 2017)
In 2013, Plaintiff Brittania-U Nigeria Limited ("Brittania-U") was invited to...
Arbitrability of Venue Questions
Bamberger Rosenheim, Ltd. (Isr.) v. OA Dev., Inc. (United States), 862 F.3d 1284 (11th Cir. 2017)
Appellant Bamberger Rosenheim, Ltd. ("Bamberger") is an Israeli...
Arbitrability – Eleventh Circuit requires Waffle House employee to submit claim to arbitration
Jones v. Waffle House, Inc., No. 16-15574 (11th Cir. Aug. 7, 2017)
In this case, Plaintiff William Jones ("Jones") applied for employment with a...