Recent ADR Journal stories tagged United States.
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...