On January 10, 2020, the Court held a hearing on the preliminary injunction.

The Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins (GENIUS) Act became law on July 17, 2025,1 marking the first comprehensive federal framework governing cryptocurrency in the United States

In U.S. court litigation, when a defendant fails to appear in the proceedings, the plaintiff can normally obtain a default judgment in its favor without having...

AI is increasingly used in arbitration for efficiency, but regulators urge caution amid risks of bias, confidentiality breaches & limited legal guidance.

The High Court of Delhi (Court) in Spentex Industries Ltd. v. Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP has ruled that the contractual relationship between a client and foreign law firm...

Earlier this year it was reported that Meghan Markle, The Duchess of Sussex, was launching a new lifestyle brand "American Riviera Orchard".

Recent health and safety sentencing decision highlights how critical the proper training of workers can be in a workplace.

In most issues, my San Francisco colleague, Jeff Polsky, and I are kindred spirits. After all, his wife is a Nancy, and my guy is a Jeff. Plus, we both have exceptional senses of humor (oh wait, maybe that's just him).

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) recently announced changes to mortgage insurance (MI) master policy requirements.

Halloween parties are an annual tradition for many Americans. But this year Halloween may be a little spookier than usual as some popular party items could become more expensive.

The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit decided how a court should respond to an arbitration agreement when the arbitrator designated in the agreement does not exist.

On July 20, 2026, Judge R. Gary Klausner of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California declared Vivek Shah a vexatious litigant and entered a pre-filing order requiring him...

In the competition amongst automobile manufacturers to knock autonomous driving out-of-the-park, Cadillac is next up to the plate.

A new putative class action filed in the Northern District of California alleges that Adobe deceives consumers into year-long, automatically renewing "annual, billed monthly" plans, obscures material terms...

In the nonprofit sector, organizations often face unique legal challenges that require efficient and cost-effective dispute resolution mechanisms.

As we noted in our Dec. 19, 2018, blog article, there were three arbitration cases involving the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA), all argued in October 2018, pending on the Court's docket.

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has articulated a new test for determining when a company is a joint employer under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA).

A podcast from JAMS featuring Stephen H. Sulmeyer, J.D., Ph.D., and Hon. Lynn Duryee (Ret.) on the emotional and psychological dimensions of ADR and the impact on mediators, lawyers and all parties involved.

A sanitation employee at Golden State Foods Corporation, signed an arbitration agreement governed by the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) at the start of his employment.

In Chechetkin v. Payward Ltd and Others[1], the High Court of England and Wales ruled that the existence of an arbitration clause in an agreement between the parties should not prevent the court...