Tag: Vindication of Rights

The U.S. Supreme Court Ended the Term with an Exclamation Mark at the End of Its Statement on Class Actions and Arbitration: The Amex and Oxford Health Decisions

Tony LathropAntitrust, Arbitration, Class Action Waivers, Class Actions, Class Arbitration, Litigation, U.S. Supreme Court

            The Supreme Court’s October 2012 Term could rightly be named “The Year of the Class Action.”  The High Court received many petitions for review and ultimately issued more than five decisions that tackled issues impacting the landscape of class…

Save the Last Dance for the Public Injunction: The 9th Circuit’s En Banc Decision in Kilgore v. KeyBank Dances Around Whether AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion Reaches Public Injunction Cases

Tony LathropArbitration, Class Action Waivers, Class Actions, Litigation

            In our November, 2012 series, “Once Around the Dance Floor With a Public Injunction, the Vindication of State Rights and AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion,” we discussed the potential impact of the impending Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals en banc…

The Fourth Circuit’s View on Class Arbitration Waivers and the Vindication of Statutory Rights: Muriithi v. Shuttle Express, Inc.

Tony LathropArbitration, Class Action Waivers, Class Actions, Fourth Circuit, Litigation

            The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals recently issued a decision placing the AT&T Mobility, LLC v. Concepcion, 131 S.Ct. 1740 (2011) stamp of approval on class arbitration waivers in this Circuit.  In Muriithi v. Shuttle Express, Inc., No. 11-1445,…

The Class Arbitration Waiver is Back at the U.S. Supreme Court: Insights from Arguments in the Amex Federal Antitrust Case

Tony LathropArbitration, Class Action Waivers, Class Actions, Litigation, U.S. Supreme Court

            The line-up of class action cases to be reviewed and ruled upon by the U.S. Supreme Court this year is stacked with heavy hitters.  On the same day that the Court issued its opinion in the Amgen securities fraud…