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Advanced Bodycare Solutions, LLC v. Thione Int'l, Inc.

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability, Remedies
The Federal Arbitration Act does not permit enforcement of a contract clause requiring an aggrieved party, prior to filing a lawsuit, to institute...

Zayas v. Bacardi Corp.

Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Evidence, Labor & Employment Law
In a case addressing the parameters of the doctrine of industrial double jeopardy in the context of an arbitral award wherein the arbitrator overrode...

Zimmer v. Cooperneff Advisors, Inc.

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
Denial of a motion to compel arbitration on grounds that the arbitration clause in an employment agreement was unconscionable and employer had waived...

United Steelworkers of Am. v. Rohm and Haas Co.

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In a case involving whether an employee's challenge to a denial of disability benefits under an employer's ERISA plan is subject to a grievance...

Best Interiors, Inc. v. Millie & Severson, Inc.

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
An order denying a petition to compel arbitration is affirmed over claims that: 1) the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) governed the underlying...

Khan v. Parsons Global Servs., Ltd.

Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit against an employer to recover for injuries sustained as a result of defendant's alleged mishandling of ransom demands by plaintiff's...

Bhd. of Locomotive Eng'rs & Trainmen v. Union Pacific R.R. Co.

Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
In a suit by a union contesting employment actions taken by a railroad, dismissal of the suit is reversed where the National Railroad Adjustment Board...

Carlisle v. Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle, LLP

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Injury & Tort Law, Securities Law, Tax Law
In an action arising from plaintiffs' liabilities to the IRS for their participation in investments later found to be an abusive tax shelter, denial...

Lonicki v. Sutter Health Central

Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Evidence, Government Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
An employer's failure to obtain a binding determination by a third health care provider when there are two conflicting opinions per the dispute...

Brotherhood of Locomotive Eng'r and Trainmen etc. v. CSX Transp., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Judgement Enforcement, Labor & Employment Law
A request for interpretation of an arbitration award does not toll the running of the statute of limitations under section 151 of the Railway Labor...