ADR Prof Blog

Today House and Senate negotiators reached agreement on legislation that redefines federal oversight of the financial services industry. The agreement may have a major effect on arbitration in the financial services industry. Overlawyered reports, “Tucked away in the Obama administration’s proposals for revamping regulation of financial services is a provision that would apparently [...]

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Today in Jackson v. Rent-A-Center West, the Court again confirmed its view that challenges to a contract which contains an arbitration agreement will go to the arbitrator, a view that it has held and repeatedly affirmed since its decision in Prima Paint in the mid 1960s. Under Prima Paint, a party may enforce a [...]

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Here is a link to an article (in which yours truly is quoted) covering the case: http://www.businessinsurance.com/article/20100502/ISSUE01/305029980. I had a nice chat about Jackson with Professor Stephen Ware at our 20th law school reunion this past weekend. After that discussion, I am torn about predicting the outcome of this case. [...]

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As I mentioned in my previous post, I did plan on blogging about Jackson v. Rent-a-Center West but was side-tracked by the issuance of the Stolt-Nielsen decision. As many of you know, the question in the Jackson case is whether an agreement between a consumer and a business that sends the question of whether [...]

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I woke up today planning to blog about the oral argument in the Rent-a-Center, West, Inc. v. Jackson case that was argued yesterday in the Supreme Court — I will get to that, but wanted to write first about a major arbitration decision the Supreme Court handed down today: Stolt-Nielsen v. Animalfeeds (http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/09pdf/08-1198.pdf). [...]

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