Justices agree to take up new cases on arbitration issues and international child custody

Justices agree to take up new cases on arbitration issues and international child custody

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The Supreme Court on Friday added three new cases to its docket for the 2021-22 term. After the court’s rulings in a pair of cases challenging a Texas law that bans almost all abortions after the sixth week of pregnancy on Friday morning, the new grants on Friday afternoon had a decidedly lower profile. The justices agreed to take up issues ranging from international child custody to discovery in private arbitration and the scope of the Federal Arbitration Act.… Read the rest

Justices grant arbitration case, won’t take up Volkswagen emissions cases

Justices grant arbitration case, won’t take up Volkswagen emissions cases

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Ten years ago, in AT&T v. Concepcion, the Supreme Court ruled that the Federal Arbitration Act requires courts to put arbitration agreements “on an equal footing with other contracts.” Concepcion involved a state law that treated arbitration clauses unfavorably. On Monday, the court agreed to hear a lawsuit from a fast-food worker who alleges that a lower court treated an arbitration clause too favorably.

The decision to take up the case, Morgan v. Sundance, Inc., came in … Read the rest