Recent ADR Journal stories tagged Federal Arbitration Act.
On July 27, 2026, the California Court of Appeal ruled in Decloedt v. Radnet Management, Inc. that claims involving harassment based on sexual orientation constitute 'sexual haras...
The Supreme Court of Texas has granted an environmental specialist's petition for review and remanded his case regarding a challenge to his employers' motion to compel arbitration...
Goldman Sachs has filed a petition for certiorari to the US Supreme Court, asking the Court to clarify the circumstances in which bankruptcy courts may refuse to enforce arbitrati...
The US Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision in Flower Foods Inc. v. Brock, focusing on whether certain delivery workers are exempt from compelled arbitration under the Federa...
The US District Court for the Southern District of New York has issued an enforcement order compelling Zia Chishti, former CEO of TRG Pakistan, to surrender assets to satisfy the...
On June 2024, the US Supreme Court unanimously held in Flowers Foods v. Brock that drivers delivering goods as part of an interstate journey-known as 'last-mile' drivers-are exemp...
The US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that non-mutual offensive collateral estoppel cannot be used to preclude the enforcement of hundreds of arbitration agreements in a...
A US federal judge has upheld a recommendation to deny Royal Caribbean Cruises' request to require arbitration for alleged victims in a shipboard voyeurism case. The case involves...
On May 28, 2026, the United States Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision in Flowers Foods, Inc. v. Brock clarifying and expanding the exemption for transportation workers unde...
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has decided that the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) does not permit the use of non-mutual offensive collateral estoppel to invalidate arbitration...
The US Supreme Court has issued a decision confirming that federal district courts possess the authority to confirm or vacate arbitration awards under the Federal Arbitration Act,...
On November 5, 2025, the US Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision holding that truck drivers who deliver goods solely within one state, but as part of an interstate distributi...
On May 14, 2024, the US Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision in the case of Jules v. Andre Balazs Properties, addressing whether federal courts retain jurisdiction to confirm...
On June 13, 2024, the US Supreme Court unanimously held that independent bakery distributor drivers working for Flowers Foods and its subsidiaries are considered transportation wo...
The Texas Fourteenth District Court of Appeals ruled that Energy Transfer LP cannot enforce an arbitration clause in a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of a deceased pip...
A Louisiana federal district court rejected a former employee's attempt to vacate an arbitration decision dismissing his Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Texas Labor Code...
As financial agreements increasingly include arbitration clauses, U.S. courts are assessing the impact of enforcing these clauses in bankruptcy proceedings, where statutory goals...