Recent ADR Journal stories tagged United States.
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...
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has ordered Anheuser-Busch LLC to withdraw its federal court motion seeking to enforce the arbitration of a former employee's race discri...
On Friday, the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upheld the enforcement of a $59 million international arbitration award against Venezuela. The case centere...
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...
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that federal courts retain jurisdiction to confirm arbitration awards. This decision clarifies the extent of federal judicial authority in post-ar...
Texas Senate Bill 2544 introduces a strict deadline by which out-of-network healthcare facilities must request mediation in disputes with commercial health plans regarding reimbur...
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,...
A provincial prosecutor in La Rioja, Argentina, has ordered a 30-day suspension of all transport along a route used by the $18bn Vicuña copper project, led by BHP and Lundin Minin...
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 Florida Sixth District Court of Appeal recently issued a decision confirming that arbitrators, not courts, may determine whether non-parties to an arbitration agreement are bo...
On Thursday, the United States Supreme Court ruled that federal courts have jurisdiction to confirm or vacate an arbitration award when the court originally had jurisdiction over...
The enforcement of arbitral awards that have been annulled at the seat of arbitration varies across major jurisdictions. Article V(1)(e) of the New York Convention provides that r...
Almaden Minerals and Almadex Minerals have jointly raised their claim for damages to US$2.68 billion in an ongoing investor-state arbitration against Mexico. The dispute concerns...
On 22 May 2026, Pakistani army chief Asim Munir arrived in Tehran for continued mediation between Iran and the United States. The mediation aims to ease tensions and seek a resolu...
On May 7, 2026, a Miami-Dade Circuit Court judge denied Citizens Property Insurance Corporation's motion to dismiss a lawsuit and compel arbitration, finding that Florida's mandat...
A new Brookings Institution databook analyzes outcomes from the No Surprises Act's independent dispute resolution (IDR) arbitration process for calendar year 2023. The study exami...
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 US District Judge has ordered Palantir Technologies to move its trade secret dispute with former engineers, now affiliated with rival Percepta AI, from federal court to private...
The US Supreme Court unanimously ruled that fíeral courts have jurisdiction to confirm or vacate arbitration awards when the underlying dispute was alrêdy pending in fíeral court....