An alleged in-chambers shoving match between two Texas judges in front of a Dallas County sheriff’s deputy is now being investigated by the Texas Rangers.
A man who claims Iran participated in the assassination of his brother cannot attach an American court judgment as compensation for the death, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled.
In an unusual decision that could be persuasive in other courts, a Wisconsin appellate panel has recognized the power of an arbitration panel to order reinstatement of an in-house lawyer…
The arbitration agreement between two insurance companies called for each to bear its own costs to resolve a dispute. But that didn’t prevent the arbitration panel from awarding sanctions, the…
After accidentally shooting himself in the leg in a Manhattan nightclub last year, Plaxico Burress was suspended for four games by the New York Giants and fined an additional amount…
Arbitration of consumer disputes is not the business friendly forum that some critics charge, according to the results of a new study by Northwestern law school.
A federal appeals court has refused to approve a lump-sum deal that cost a bombing victim around $300,000 because the Houston settlement company that struck the agreement evaded a Pennsylvania…
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that a federal court has no jurisdiction to hear a credit card company’s motion to compel arbitration of a consumer dispute that began in…
In nearly 20 years as a trial lawyer, Keith Fink has encountered plenty of hardball litigation tactics. But the cyber attacks he has suffered since he began…
A California appeals court opinion has revealed an unusual agreement for a sham arbitration proceeding that would clear the CEO of American Apparel of sexual harassment allegations.
Companies that tout the virtues of arbitration appear to prefer litigation for disputes involving contracts with other companies, according to a study by three law professors.
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