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United Steelworkers v. Duluth Clinic, Ltd.

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
The district court correctly denied plaintiff's motion to compel arbitration since the dispute is not a "grievance" covered by the arbitration...

Johnson v. Long John Silver's

Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
In an action alleging that defendant violated the Fair Labor Standards Act, the district court properly concluded that plaintiff was bound by an...

Booker v. Robert Half Int'l

Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
When an arbitration agreement is unenforceable because it limits certain statutory rights, a district court may sever the offensive provision and...

McCauley v. Halliburton Energy Serv.

Civil Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment dispute, defendant-employer's filing of a notice to appeal, which sought review of the denial of its motion to compel arbitration,...

Taylor v. Van-Catlin Constr.

Civil Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
The trial court erred when it corrected an arbitration award, under Code of Civil Procedure section 1286.6, on the ground that the arbitrator had...

Discover Bank v. Super. Ct. of L.A.

Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
Under California law, class action waivers in consumer contracts of adhesion, where the party with superior bargaining power has carried out a scheme...

Hill v. PeopleSoft USA

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment discrimination claim, denial of plaintiff's motion to compel arbitration is vacated where the district court erred when it looked...

Marino v. Dillard's, Inc.

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
Louisiana state courts recognize that contract law does not require written acceptance of an arbitration agreement.

TMR Energy Ltd. v. State Prop. Fund of Ukraine

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Public Utilities
The district court did not err in rejecting defendant's challenge to enforcement of an arbitration award under Article V of the New York Convention.

M&C Corp. v. Erwin Behr GMBH & Co.

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In a contract dispute concerning automobile parts, the district court improperly concluded that an ambiguity in an arbitration award justified a...