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Breaking News: SCOTUS Surprises Absolutely No One in Lamps Plus, Inc. v. Varela

By Henry Allen Blair on April 24, 2019
Posted in Class Arbitration

It’s not at all evident to me why SCOTUS felt the need to grant review of Lamps Plus, Inc. v. Varela. But it did. And the majority decision, authored by Chief Justice Roberts, did precisely what I think that everyone who looked at the case expected: it held that courts cannot find the necessary…

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Eleventh Circuit Finds FAA Preempts Nascent Florida Law

By Liz Kramer on August 21, 2012
Posted in Class Arbitration, Validity of Arbitration Agreement

The Eleventh Circuit has decided to proactively preempt Florida law, before it could get in the way of the FAA by favoring class arbitrations (despite contract language precluding them).

In Pendergast v. Sprint Nextel Corp., __ F.3d. __, 2012 WL 3553466 (11th Cir. Aug. 20, 2012), a wireless customer wanted to bring a class action…

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