April 07, 2022
The U.S. Supreme Court's decision last week restricting federal courts' ability to confirm or vacate an arbitration award will substantially change how post-arbitration review is conducted by shifting more of the responsibility to state courts.
March 31, 2022
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday said that federal courts do not have authority to search an arbitration dispute for a federal question that would establish jurisdiction to confirm or deny an arbitral award.
November 02, 2021
The U.S. Supreme Court justices seemed skeptical of arguments Tuesday that the Federal Arbitration Act does not give federal courts jurisdiction to confirm or deny arbitration awards, although Chief Justice John Roberts called the century-old law "an odd creature" because the act itself does not establish jurisdiction, unlike most other federal statutes.
October 01, 2021
A new U.S. Supreme Court term kicks off Monday, setting the stage for the justices to decide several employment-related cases, including a challenge from CVS to an appeals court loss in a discrimination battle. Here are four questions about workplace law the high court is poised to answer.
September 13, 2021
The former owners of a now-defunct Ameriprise Financial Services Inc. franchise have urged the U.S. Supreme Court to reject a petition by a financial adviser they once employed to return a dispute over her firing to Louisiana state court.
July 23, 2021
Former financial adviser Denise Badgerow urged the U.S. Supreme Court to find that federal courts do not have the power to confirm or deny arbitral decisions when the only jurisdictional tie is that the arbitration dealt with federal laws.
May 17, 2021
The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday that it will analyze the extent to which the Federal Arbitration Act gives federal judges jurisdiction to confirm or deny arbitration awards, marking the high court's latest foray into the nuances of the act.