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June 30, 2020 - Drug & Medical Device, Consumer Products, Antitrust, Arbitration
Schein On: Supreme Court to Decide Key Arbitration Delegation Question
The Henry Schein arbitration battle is making its way to the Supreme Court again. The Court recently granted Henry Schein, Inc.’s certiorari petition to answer the question of “Whether a provision in an arbitration agreement that exempts certain claims from arbitration negates an otherwise
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April 26, 2019 - Appellate & Supreme Court, Arbitration
Lamps Plus, Inc. v. Varela: The Supreme Court Clarifies that Clear Consent is Necessary for Class Arbitration
By: Adam J. Hunt
The Supreme Court’s decision in Lamps Plus, Inc. v. Varela made it clear that an arbitration agreement must explicitly contemplate and provide for class arbitration, building on a line of pro-arbitration rulings from the Supreme Court over the past decade, including American Express Co.
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January 16, 2019 - Drug & Medical Device, Consumer Products, Antitrust, Arbitration
Leave Arbitration to the Arbitrator: No “Wholly Groundless” Exception Where Contract Delegates Arbitrability Determination to the Arbitrator
By: Penelope A. Preovolos
The United States Supreme Court continued the pro-arbitration trend in its jurisprudence, as well as its strict construction of the Federal Arbitration Act, in its unanimous decision in Henry Schein , Inc. v. Archer & White Sales, Inc. , No. 17-1272, 2019 WL 122164
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