Within the U.S. Government, the CFPB has gotten most of the attention for trying to regulate consumer arbitration.  But this month, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) are bumping the CFPB out of the arbitration regulation spotlight.  In particular, the CMS issued a rule that will prohibit the use of pre-dispute arbitration

In an example of “What Not to Vacate,” the South Dakota Supreme Court just vacated an arbitration award because the arbitrator dared to apply a South Dakota statute allowing attorneys’ fees to the claimant. A week earlier, the Ohio Supreme Court also vacated an arbitration award for granting a remedy that the court found exceeded