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Halim v. Great Gatsby's Auction Gallery, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Sanctions
In a suit alleging that items plaintiff purchased at defendant's auction did not match the descriptions in the auction item catalog, a district court...

Express Scripts, Inc. v. Aegon Direct Mktg. Servs., Inc.

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Drugs & Biotech
In an action seeking a declaratory judgment that an oral agreement terminated an earlier agreement to arbitrate contractual disputes, as well as...

Edstrom Indus., Inc. v. Companion Life Ins. Co.

Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a challenge to an arbitrator's decision in favor of an insurance company in a dispute over the insurer's alteration of the policy, district court...

Rich v. Spartis

Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Securities Law
Judgment vacating NASD arbitration panel award of damages for brokerage account losses is vacated to allow for clarification as at cannot be...

Morrison v. Amway Corp.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In a dispute between distributors and Amway, an order staying the case pending arbitration and a judgment denying plaintiffs'-distributors motion to...

Int'l Assoc. of Firefighters v. City of Springfield

Administrative Law, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
In an action arising from arbitration to resolve a dispute regarding the proper application of the Family and Medical Leave Act, order granting...

Combined Energies v. CCI, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Military Law
In a lawsuit alleging various contract and tort claims related to what plaintiff described as a raid on its workforce subsequent to a failed take-over...

Baker v. Osborne Dev. Corp.

Construction, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
Denial of motion to compel arbitration in a construction defect action is affirmed as the trial court correctly ruled that the arbitration agreement...

Long John Silver's Restaurants, Inc. v. Cole

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
In case involving alleged violations of the FLSA for failure to pay overtime, order declining to vacate arbitration award which held that the "opt-in"...

Watson Wyatt & Co. v. SBC Holdings, Inc.

Commercial Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
An order denying in part a petition to compel arbitration under the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) is reversed where the arbitration provision in the...