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
Electronic Discovery Law: On Appeal, KPMG Ordered to Continue Preservation of more than 2500 Hard Drives http://www.ediscoverylaw.com/2012/02/articles/case-summaries/on-appeal-kpmg-ordered-to-continue-preservation-of-more-than-2500-hard-drives/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ediscoverylaw%2Fklgates+%28Electronic+Discovery+Law%29
Vogel Internet, Information Technology and e-Discovery Blog: VIDEO - Privacy Policies: What You Don't Know Can Hurt You http://www.vogelitlawblog.com/2012/01/articles/internet-privacy/video-privacy-policies-what-you-dont-know-can-hurt-you/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+VogelInternetInformationTechnologyAndE-discoveryBlog+%28Vogel+Internet%2C+Information+Technology+and+e-Discovery+Blog%29
"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...
Per Curiam: “State and federal courts must enforce the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA), 9 U. S. C. §1 et seq., with respect to all arbitration agreements covered by that statute. Here, the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia, by misreading and disregarding the precedents of this Court interpreting the FAA, did not follow controlling federal law implementing that basic principle. The state court held unenforceable all predispute arbitration agreements that apply to claims alleging personal...