KLK Subsidiary PT PSS Faces US$39 Million Arbitration Claim
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...
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Fortnite, Roblox, and Minecraft Makers Seek to Compel Arbitration in California Kid Addiction Claims
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...
Chilean Appeals Court Annuls CAM Arbitral Award in Australis Sale Dispute
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...
Texas Supreme Court Remands Employment Arbitration Case for Reconsideration
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...
MRED Moves to Compel Arbitration in Zillow Antitrust Lawsuit
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 Janel Grant Seek to Move Sex Trafficking Lawsuit to Arbitration
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...
Meta Whistleblower Files Suit to Stop Arbitration Enforcement Over Memoir
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 Seeks Supreme Court Review of Arbitration Enforcement in Bankruptcy
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 Sues Rapid Ruling Arbitration Platform for Allegedly Favoring Lenders
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...
Ninth Circuit Revives ABM Aviation Wage Arbitration
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...
Hawaii State Pre-Eviction Mediation Program Reports 85% Agreement Rate
Hawaii launched a two-year state pilot program in February 2026 requiring landlords and tenants to participate in mediation before proceeding with eviction filings for non-payment...
US Supreme Court Clarifies FAA Transportation Worker Exemption in Flower Foods Inc. v. Brock
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...
Ninth Circuit Considers Whether Roblox Waived Arbitration in Child Safety Suit
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit questioned whether Roblox may have waived its right to arbitration in a lawsuit concerning child safety on the platform, after Robl...
NVIDIA Wins US Court Order to Compel Arbitration in Cookie Banner Privacy Suit
The US District Court for the Northern District of California ordered that all claims in a proposed class action against NVIDIA Corp. regarding its website cookie banner must be r...
Judge's Ruling Challenges Citizens Arbitration System in Florida
A recent judge's ruling in Florida has brought the Citizens Property Insurance arbitration system under scrutiny. The central issue is whether requiring policyholders to arbitrate...
JAMS Arbitrator Awards $1.34 Billion to Mohammad Honarkar and 4G Wireless in Fraud Arbitration
A JAMS arbitrator issued a $1.34 billion award to Mohammad Honarkar, a Laguna Beach property owner, and his company 4G Wireless Inc., in an arbitration related to a real estate fr...
Ghana High Court Overturns US$33.3 Million Arbitration Award in Boankra Project Dispute
The Commercial Division of the High Court in Accra, Ghana, has overturned an arbitration award worth US$33.3 million related to the Boankra project dispute. The award was original...
Kentucky Administrative Office of the Courts to End Criminal Mediation Program June 30, 2024
The Kentucky Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) will terminate its criminal mediation program as of June 30, 2024, due to budget constraints imposed by the new state budget...
US Court Orders Zia Chishti to Surrender Assets in Arbitration Award Enforcement
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...
Nebraska Arbitration Upholds College Sports Commission's NIL Enforcement Framework
A Nebraska-based arbitration panel has issued a decision affirming the enforcement powers of the College Sports Commission (CSC) concerning its right to deny student-athlete name,...
John Paulson Awarded $47 Million in Arbitration Against Ex-Business Partner
According to a news report, billionaire investor John Paulson has been awarded over $47 million by an arbitrator following a dispute with his former business partner in Puerto Ric...
Supreme Court Rules FAA Arbitration Exemption Covers Last-Mile Drivers
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...
Ninth Circuit Rejects Non-Mutual Collateral Estoppel Against Arbitration Agreements
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...
NLRB Orders Anheuser-Busch to Withdraw Arbitration Bid
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...