Recent ADR Journal stories tagged United States.
On July 16, 2026, UnitedHealthcare executives publicly called for significant reform of the No Surprises Act's arbitration system, claiming it is being misused by some providers a...
On July 27, Brazil officially requested consultations with the World Trade Organization (WTO) concerning new U.S. tariffs imposed on Brazilian goods under Section 301 of U.S. trad...
An arbitral tribunal has awarded U.S.-based Vulcan Materials approximately $17 million in its investment arbitration against Mexico, representing less than 1% of the $1.7 billion...
On July 19, 2026, the US District Court for the District of Columbia granted Fannie Mae's motion to compel arbitration and dismissed a lawsuit filed by 44 former employees. The em...
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 sexual misconduct and trafficking lawsuit filed by former WWE employee Janel Grant against Vince McMahon and WWE will no longer proceed in federal court. After months of litig...
A US judge has ruled that layoffs of 26 Meta employees can proceed despite their claims that Meta's AI-driven evaluation tools were biased. The court declined to block the layoffs...
The Supreme Court dismissed Ashanti Port Services Ltd.'s (APSL) challenge against the High Court's decision annulling a US$33.3 million arbitral award originally granted to APSL a...
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit filed by Zia Chishti, a former executive of Afiniti and TRG, which sought to ove...
On a procedural challenge, the Santiago Court of Appeals has annulled an arbitral award ordering Chilean businessman Isidoro Quiroga to pay US$300 million to the Chinese company J...
Sarah Wynn-Williams, a former Facebook (Meta) director and whistleblower, has filed a lawsuit against Meta Platforms in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Califo...
The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has ruled that former Netflix employee Jessica Combs must proceed with arbitration for her sexual harassment claims, as st...
Kraken's parent company, Payward, has won a $22 million arbitration award against its former auditor, Mazars USA. The dispute centered on Mazars' withdrawal from Kraken's nearly c...
On July 2, 2026, the California Court of Appeal for the Third Appellate District published a decision refusing to enforce arbitration agreements used by Knight Sacramento SU Inc.,...
Kuala Lumpur Kepong Bhd (KLK) has announced that its subsidiary, PT Perindustrian Sawit Synergi (PT PSS), is facing an arbitration claim totaling US$39 million. The claim relates...
Epic Games, Roblox, and Microsoft have requested that a California judge send lawsuits alleging their games are addictive to minors into binding arbitration. The cases concern cla...
A divided panel of the Court of Appeals in Santiago, Chile, has annulled an arbitration award issued by the Arbitration and Mediation Center (CAM) that ordered businessman Isidoro...
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...
Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED) has asked a federal court to compel arbitration in response to an ongoing antitrust lawsuit filed by Zillow and Compass International Holdings. Thi...
WWE, Vince McMahon, and former employee Janel Grant have jointly requested a US court to postpone a hearing in their ongoing sex trafficking lawsuit as they actively discuss resol...
Sarah Wynn-Williams, a former director at Meta Platforms, has filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. She seeks to block Meta's enforcement...
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...
New York Attorney General Letitia James filed a lawsuit against arbitration provider Rapid Ruling and its founders, alleging the platform systematically favored merchant cash adva...
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has reinstated ABM Aviation Inc.'s effort to compel arbitration in a wage dispute with former employee Robert Cocom, overturning a di...