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Federal courts’ strong presumption in favor of arbitration under the Federal Arbitration Act has long enabled employers to ...

On September 17, 2025, and effective September 19, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) announced two significant updates affecting its long-standing policy prohibiting certain ...

The SEC has reversed a longstanding policy under which the agency would not accelerate the effectiveness of a securities registration statement for a company with a mandatory arbitration clauses ...

It’s been 14 years since the Congress gave the SEC its blessing to clamp down on mandatory arbitration clauses in registered investment advisors’ contracts – and it is now considering what to do about ...

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For years, lawmakers have been trying to eliminate mandatory arbitration clauses in legal agreements covering consumer, employment, antitrust and civil rights claims, as well as agreements between ...

I have something in common with Stephen Sawtelle — a former broker from Waddell & Reed who was just awarded almost $28 million from an NASD arbitration panel (see the front page story in The Wall ...

Florida recently became the first state to adopt a law that makes the mandatory arbitration clauses in trust documents truly mandatory. This landmark legislation has the potential to provide a ...

A federal law requiring sexual assault victims be released from mandatory arbitration agreements to allow them to sue their assailants applies to a male attorney who said he faced harassment, an Ohio ...

An appellate court ruling earlier this month denying Chipotle’s effort to compel arbitration of a sexual harassment claim shines a spotlight on the kinds of issues in-house counsel will face since the ...