Capitol Life Insurance Co. moved the Court of Appeals for the Fifth District of Texas for rehearing of the court's prior affirmance of summary judgment against Capitol in favor of MetLife Insurance Company USA, ...

On December 7, the Investor Advisory Committee of the SEC adopted a recommendation that the SEC seriously explore the development of a summary disclosure document for mutual fund companies ...

On June 15 and 22, 2017, respectively, the Governors of Texas and Wisconsin approved new laws permitting domestic surplus lines insurers in those states (i.e., insurers domiciled in Texas and Wisconsin)...

We previously reported on the Texas Legislature's passage in 2017 of Senate Bill 1070, which reduced collateral requirements for foreign reinsurers in order for domestic insurers to receive

The Texas Department of Insurance has proposed to reorganize its Surplus Lines Insurance Chapter 15 in the Texas Administrative Code. The proposed new Chapter 15 can be found here.

Last month, a California appellate court reversed an order compelling legal malpractice claims to arbitration under an arbitration provision found in a business operating agreement.

This case concerns a 10-year agreement by which plaintiff, an endodontist, contracted to perform consulting services for defendant Dentsply, a business that manufactured and sold endodontic products for the dental industry.

Overall, the court found that Global failed to live up to its burden to justify vacating the award on either of the two grounds asserted.

In this case, Ritarose Capili, a sales associate, brought an action against her former employer The Finish Line, Inc. ("Finish Line"), an athletic retailer in California federal court.

In July, a federal court in North Carolina held that an arbitration provision which required the arbitration panel to reach a decision within thirty days of their selection was not unconscionable.

An employer did not waive its right to compel arbitration under an employment agreement by seeking to set aside a default in an employment discrimination suit brought against it by its employee.

A panel of the Second Circuit has, in an unpublished summary order, emphasized the high bar that must be cleared by a party seeking to vacate an arbitration award.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit recently held that state law governs whether a contract's arbitration clause is binding on non-signatories.

Mr. Ragab sued two financial companies and a corporate officer for misrepresentation and for violating several consumer credit repair statutes. There were six agreements between the parties...

Respondent argued against the confirmation of the arbitral award as it was based upon the consent of the parties, rather than a disputed hearing, which it contended made the award...

This dispute stemmed from a complaint filed by Edmondson, alleging claims under the Federal Odometer Act and the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act, as well as state law claims for fraud, in relation to her purchase of a...

U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals.

U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals.

U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals.

As we previously reported, the Supreme Court granted petitions for certiorari in three lawsuits challenging the legality of arbitration agreements that bar workers from pursuing class actions.