Just as we were finalizing this Alert, we learned that a Georgia Trial Court has just vacated a FINRA Award based on multiple Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”) violations, prompting PIABA to call for Congressional and SEC investigations. We will cover this story in detail in the next issue, but we wanted to pass along now some…
We reported in December that the Supreme Court had granted Certiorari in four cases involving arbitration. The Court has just set the cases for oral argument during the last two weeks of March. The oral argument calendar released by SCOTUS on January 28 shows that all four cases have been set for oral argument as follows: March 21: Morgan v. Sundance Inc., No….
On the heels of the decision by Fulton County Superior Court Judge Belinda E. Edwards in Leggett v. Wells Fargo Clearing Services, LLC, No. 2019CV328949 (Ga. Super Jan. 25, 2022), finding that the potential arbitrator list preparation process had been compromised, and subsequent calls by PIABA for Congressional and SEC investigations, two Democratic lawmakers have written to…
With SCOTUS already set to review an FAA preemption challenge to California’s PAGA, the parties to a similar pending Certiorari Petition have agreed to hold the case in abeyance pending the outcome of the first case. We have reported many times on Iskanian v. CLS Transportation Los Angeles, LLC, 59 Cal.4th 348, 327 P.3d 129 (Calif. 2014), cert. den.,…
With four arbitration-centric cases already slated for review this Term, and one Certiorari Petition awaiting imminent disposition, is SCOTUS about to take up yet another arbitration-related case? Stay tuned. As described in our recent feature article, After a Lull in 2021, a Busy Year Ahead Arbitration-wise for SCOTUS, 2021:48 Sec. Arb. Alert 1 (Dec. 23, 2021), the Supreme Court…