While the Supreme Court held today that courts can certify indirect purchaser class actions.

We previously reported that India was scheduled to become the 90th member of the Madrid Protocol Concerning the International Registration of Trademarks.

Where a Loan Agreement's arbitration provision stated disputes "will be resolved by Arbitration, which shall be conducted by the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribal Nation by an authorized representative in accordance...

The UK Government's consultation on what it calls a "world first" new regime of cryptocurrency regulations promises to bring the regulation of digital assets closer in line with traditional financial instruments.

How family law mediation can help parties break cycles of powerlessness, escalation and conflict

The English High Court has rejected an attempt to rely on a foreign arbitral award to ground an issue estoppel because it had not been recognised under the Arbitration Act 1996 (AA).

In Chavarria v. Ralphs Grocery Co., No. 11-56673, 2013 WL 5779332 (9th Cir. Oct. 28, 2013), the plaintiff, a former deli clerk, brought a class action against Ralphs for various alleged wage and hour violations of the California Labor Code. As a condition of employment, Chavarria signed an arbitration agreement containing a class action waiver. Ralphs filed a motion to compel arbitration.

The Dispute Resolution Group met in late September to discuss the enforcement of arbitral awards against states and the evolving law on state immunity.

An employer's failure to pay its share of arbitration fees waived its right to arbitration, a California appellate court recently held in a matter of first impression.

Evidence is one of the most vital elements when intellectual property (IP) infringement disputes come into play. In this installment of our "Lifecycle of a Smart Idea" series, which is dedicated to helping you...

Mass arbitration is posing significant challenges for businesses, as it creates a new battleground in dispute resolution with the potential to overwhelm companies with a flood of simultaneous claims.

As traffic jams are getting longer every day, more and more employees are discovering the bicycle as a method of commuting.

The outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic has compelled the European Union (EU) Member States to introduce border restrictions, amongst them curbs on or measures which heavily impede the cross-border circulation of goods.

The employment landscape has been forever changed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. As employers, managers, and human resources professionals learn to navigate the ambiguity of the new workplace...

Streaming music services such as Spotify offer interesting new avenues for engaging consumer audiences.

The future of trial advocacy is here! Beginning this Friday, September 5, through Sunday, September 7, Berkeley Law will host the 4th Annual National Flash Trial Competition...

To explore that question, JAMS and Jus Mundi convened a joint program that departed deliberately from the standard panel format. Rather than exchanging views in the abstract, the organizers structured the program as a live hearing, complete with a tribunal, assigned counsel and formal argument on both sides of the issue.

In Payward Inc and Others v Chechetkin [2023] EWHC 1780 (Comm) (the Case), the English Commercial Court refused an application under section 101 of the Arbitration Act 1996 (AA 1996). public policy...

Imagine this scenario: You are the general counsel of a company in a particularly competitive industry.

As a U.S. bankruptcy judge and appellate panel judge for over 26 years, I was astounded by the number of disputes in adversary proceedings and contested matters that should have been settled, but rather proceeded through ...