Opinion analysis: Court rebukes West Virginia court over arbitration stance http://www.scotusblog.com/2012/02/opinion-analysis-court-rebukes-west-virginia-court-over-arbitration-stance/
ContractsProf Blog: Three Arbitration Decisions Part III: Third Circuit Enforces Arbitration Clause Even Though Arbitral Body Is Unavailable http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/contractsprof_blog/2012/02/three-arbitration-decisions-part-iii-third-circuit-enforces-arbitration-clause-even-though-arbitral-.html
Cadwalader International Practice Law Blog: New York’s Highest Court Finds Public Policy Exception Applicable Before Even Deciding the Issue of Arbitrability, Barring Arbitration of Job Security Clauses http://blog.internationalpractice.org/international-practice/new-yorks-highest-court-finds-public-policy-exception-applicable-before-even-deciding-the-issue-of-arbitrability-barring-arbitration-of-job-security-clauses.html
ContractsProf Blog: Three Arbitration Decisions Part II: DC Circuit Vacates $185 Million Arbitral Award http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/contractsprof_blog/2012/02/three-arbitration-decisions-part-ii-argentina-v-bg-group-dc-circuit.html
Mass Tort Litigation Blog: Rhonda Wasserman on Secret Class Action Settlements http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/mass_tort_litigation/2012/02/rhonda-wasserman-on-secret-class-action-settlements.html
"As this Court reaffirmed last Term, “[w]hen state law prohibits outright the arbitration of a particular type ofclaim, the analysis is straightforward: The conflicting rule is displaced by the FAA.” AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion, 563 U. S. ___, ___ (2011) (slip op., at 6–7). That rule resolves these cases. West Virginia’s prohibition against predispute agreements to arbitrate personal-injury or wrongful-death claims against nursing homes is a categorical rule prohibiting arbitration...