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Waterford Investment Services, Inc. v. Bosco

Administrative Law, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In a suit by an investment firm, appealing a ruling that it must arbitrate a group of investor claims before the Financial Industry Regulatory...

Pulli v. Pony International, LLC

Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law, Contracts
In an action by an award winning designer in the athletic footwear industry against shoe manufacturers, alleging that defendants fraudulently induced...

Cinel v. Barna

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In an action to compel arbitration of a breached agreement to purchase shares of preferred stock, the trial court's denial of plaintiff's petition to...

Iskanian v. CLS Transportation Los Angeles, LLC

Class Actions, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
In light of AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion (2011) __ U.S. __ [131 S. Ct. 1740], reiterating the rule that the principal purpose of the Federal...

Bowers v. Raymond J. Lucia Companies, Inc.

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In a case in which a settlement agreement resulted in a binding mediation award in favor of the plaintiffs, the judgment is affirmed, where: 1) there...

Frog Creek Partners, LLC v. Vance Brown, Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Construction, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Property Law & Real Estate
In a dispute between a homeowner and a home builder, a trial court order on attorney's fees is reversed to the extent it awarded the homeowner fees of...

Escobar-Noble v. Luxury Hotels Int'l of Puerto Rico, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit alleging an unlawful retaliatory firing, in which the defendant moved to compel arbitration based on employment agreements containing an...

Bickel v. Sunrise Assisted Living

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In a suit against an assisted living facility that was ordered to arbitration with severance of one provision of the arbitration clause that specified...

DMS Services, Inc. v. Superior Court (Zurich Services Corp.)

Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Insurance Law, Workers' Compensation
In a suit by a provider of commercial janitorial services against the third-party administrator for its workers' compensation insurance claims, a...

Dan Ryan Builders, Inc. v. Nelson

Construction, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In an action against a homebuilder seeking damages for certain alleged defects in the construction of a home, the Fourth Circuit certifies the...