all - Opinion Summaries

County of Chatauqua v. Civil Serv. Employees Ass'n

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
In case involving effort to arbitrate grievances concerning layoffs and rights of displacement contained in a collective bargaining agreement,...

Hayden v. Robertson Stephens, Inc.

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
In suit arising from default on loan made by brokerage firm, involving cross-actions for breach of fiduciary duty in giving financial advice and...

Berenson v. Nat'l Fin. Servs. LLC

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In a putative class action suit involving interest earned on funds while delayed in transfer between brokerage accounts, defendants' interlocutory...

Community State Bank v. Strong

Civil Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
Dismissal of petition to compel arbitration under the Federal Arbitration Act is reversed as the district court erred in concluding it lacked subject...

In re RLS Legal Solutions, LLC

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
A petition for mandamus to compel arbitration of an employment dispute is conditionally granted where the court of appeals erred in holding that the...

State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Rosenthal

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In an insurer's declaratory judgment action against an insured alleging that his underinsured motorist claim was time barred by Pennsylvania's...

Rossco v. Bank of Am.

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
In case where trial judge had conversations with dispute resolution providers about possible employment, vacatur of order compelling arbitration and...

Giuliano v. Inland Empire Personnel, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In breach of contract action, denial of motion to compel arbitration under plaintiff's employment contract is reversed as plaintiff's contract...

Enderlin v. XM Satellite Radio Holdings, Inc.

Communications Law, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In an action brought against XM Radio claiming violations of the Arkansas Deceptive Trade Practices Act, denial of XM Radio's motion to dismiss or...

Sanford v. MemberWorks, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In an action alleging violations of 39 U.S.C. section 3009 and related state law claims arising from plaintiff's purchase of a set of fitness tapes by...