Waiver Of Right To Arbitrate | Arbitration and the Law

Prius Owners Put the Brakes On Arbitration With Non-Signatory Toyota

By Liz Kramer | February 1 2013

Class Arbitration, Scope of Arbitration Agreement, Validity of Arbitration Agreement, Waiver of Right to Arbitrate The Ninth Circuit ruled this week that a class of car owners could pursue their court claims against the manufacturer, Toyota, for product defects and false advertising, despite the existence of an arbitration agreement in each of the owners' purchase agreements with the car dealerships. The court held that Toyota...

Abstention Trumps Arbitration In Tenth Circuit

By Liz Kramer | January 16 2013

Litigation vs. Arbitration, Waiver of Right to Arbitrate The Tenth Circuit this week refused to consider a plaintiff's substantive arguments about its right to arbitrate because it found abstention was appropriate under the Colorado River doctrine. D.A. Osguthorpe Family P'ship v. ASC Utah, Inc., __ F.3d __, 2013 WL 150221 (10th Cir. Jan. 15, 2013). Though the...

Defendant Did Not “Waive” Goodbye to Arbitration Despite Litigating For 6 Months

By Liz Kramer | December 5 2012

Class Arbitration, Waiver of Right to Arbitrate In contrast to recent decisions from other circuit courts, the Fourth Circuit found a defendant did not waive its right to arbitrate, despite litigating for more than 6 months and conducting discovery. Rota-McLarty v. Santander Consumer USA, Inc., __ F.3d __, 2012 WL 5936033 (4th Cir. Nov. 28, 2012). In this...

Another Turkey Waives Its Right to Arbitration

By Liz Kramer | November 20 2012

Appealing Arbitration Decisions, Waiver of Right to Arbitrate In answer to the proverbial question "how much litigation waives the right to arbitrate?," the Third Circuit has responded that ten months does the trick, if the party seeking arbitration has engaged in significant motion practice, regardless of whether any discovery was exchanged. In re Pharmacy Benefit Managers...

Don’t Game The System: “A Motion To Compel Arbitration Will Almost Never Be Futile”

By Liz Kramer | November 6 2012

Appealing Arbitration Decisions, Class Arbitration, Waiver of Right to Arbitrate After an arbitration about-face by the defendant in a class action, the Eleventh Circuit ruled that the defendant had waived its right to compel arbitration by: participating in litigation for two years and affirmatively declining to enforce its arbitration agreement with the plaintiffs until after SCOTUS issued...

Are Residential Real Estate Contracts Outside The Bounds of the Federal Arbitration Act?

By Liz Kramer | July 25 2012

Validity of Arbitration Agreement, Waiver of Right to Arbitrate The Supreme Court of South Carolina just ruled that contracts for the sale of residential property are not interstate commerce, and therefore are outside the reach of the Federal Arbitration Act. Bradley v. Brentwood Homes, Inc., __ S.E.2d __, 2012 WL 2847616 (S.C. July 11, 2012). That is a surprising result in my...

Parties Can Waive Arbitration, Despite A “No Waiver” Clause in Contract

By Liz Kramer | May 31 2012

Waiver of Right to Arbitrate The Sixth Circuit easily affirmed a district court's finding that the defendant had waived its right to arbitration by participating in litigation for eight months. Johnson Assoc. Corp. v. HL Operating Corp., __ F.3d __, 2012 WL 1861675 (6th Cir. May 23, 2012). Plaintiffs had filed suit in late December of 2009...

Arbitration Clause Sticks To Non-Signatories Like A Half-Eaten Halloween Sucker

By Liz Kramer | November 3 2011

Litigation vs. Arbitration, Scope of Arbitration Agreement, Waiver of Right to Arbitrate Two recent decisions illustrate how individuals that did not sign a contract can be bound by that contract's arbitration provisions. In the first, Blaustein v. Huete, 2011 WL 5103759 (5th Cir. Oct. 26, 2011), an individual member of an LLC, Huete, argued he should not be bound by the arbitration clause between...

Reviving Your Right To Arbitrate

By Liz Kramer | September 18 2011

Waiver of Right to Arbitrate The Eleventh Circuit has ruled that the plaintiff's act of amending its complaint may allow a defendant to resurrect its previously-waived right to arbitrate. "[I]n limited circumstances, fairness dictates that a waiver of arbitration be nullified by the filing of an amended complaint." Krinsk v. Suntrust...

Proving A Waiver of Arbitration Rights Is Now Easier In Construction Cases (8th Cir.)

By Liz Kramer | August 26 2011

Litigation vs. Arbitration, Waiver of Right to Arbitrate A party with an arbitration agreement can waive its right to arbitrate by acting inconsistently with that right, usually by "invoking the litigation machinery" before demanding arbitration. However, the federal circuits are split over whether a party asserting a waiver of arbitration must also show it was...

Prius Owners Put the Brakes On Arbitration With Non-Signatory Toyota

Abstention Trumps Arbitration In Tenth Circuit

Defendant Did Not “Waive” Goodbye to Arbitration Despite Litigating For 6 Months

Another Turkey Waives Its Right to Arbitration

Don’t Game The System: “A Motion To Compel Arbitration Will Almost Never Be Futile”

Are Residential Real Estate Contracts Outside The Bounds of the Federal Arbitration Act?

Parties Can Waive Arbitration, Despite A “No Waiver” Clause in Contract

Arbitration Clause Sticks To Non-Signatories Like A Half-Eaten Halloween Sucker

Reviving Your Right To Arbitrate

Proving A Waiver of Arbitration Rights Is Now Easier In Construction Cases (8th Cir.)

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