The policy shift goes against decades of SEC history blocking companies from mandating shareholder arbitration. But ...

The case was the court’s latest effort to determine whether companies can use arbitration provisions to bar class actions in court and in arbitration proceedings. In cases concerning fine-print ...

Chair Paul Atkins says the agency will let companies that go public require arbitration for disputes.

Class-action securities settlements in 88 cases totaled about $3.7 billion in 2024, according to data collected by ...

We collaborate with the world's leading lawyers to deliver news tailored for you. Sign Up to receive our free e-Newsbulletins Some states have laws and ethical rules regarding solicitation and ...

The Securities and Exchange Commission will no longer block companies from going public if their governance documents include mandatory arbitration clauses, as the regulator's chief Paul Atkins aims ...

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that companies can use arbitration clauses in employment contracts to prohibit workers from banding together to take legal action over workplace issues.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the intersection of state & federal policy and politics. In the days and even hours leading up to Governor Ron DeSantis’s ...

In a little-noticed opinion last month, the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals threw out a National Labor Relations Board ruling that federal labor law trumps arbitration law. In other words, the ...

One of the nation's most prominent arbitration firms will no longer enforce contracts that bar consumers and employees from bringing class-action cases before its neutral adjudicators. The decision ...