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Cryptocurrency customers will get their day in court over a $1.2 million sweepstakes.

Three years ago when the Supreme Court ruled in AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion, basically allowing binding arbitration clauses in contracts to exclude class action suits, we noted that it was an unfortunate pitting of a broken class action system against a broken arbitration system. Both arbitration and class action lawsuits may have some good features…

It is common for agreements to contain a clause mandating that any dispute be decided in private arbitration—rather than in state or federal court. In private arbitration, a neutral...

Court splits on arbitration for fraud claims- In a Maryland case where two plaintiffs who reportedly have cognitive deficits from lead paint exposure alleged that a factoring company used fraud to get court approval for contracts transferring their right to payments under structured settlements,...

This term, Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan has authored a pair of opinions related to arbitration. The first of these decisions, Badgerow v. Walters, 20-1143, 142 S. Ct. 1310 (2022)...

Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan authored pair of arbitration opinions. March 31 Badgerow v. Walters ruling, Justice Kagan, wrote for 8/1 majority that court must have independent basis of federal jurisdiction to undertake petition to confirm, vacate an arbitration award.

People who want their day in court should be able to have it. That's why EFF has long opposed forced arbitration agreements—agreements that require people to resolve conflicts without going to court—because they place unfair limits on one’s ability to exercise their fundamental rights. Too often,...

Maryland Court of Special Appeals Administrative: Where a state statue and the Prince George’s County code both provide an exemption from recordation and transfer taxes for transfers to “the State[,] an agency of the State[,] or a political subdivision in the State,” the “State” was the State of Maryland. As such, a pension fund for ...