Overview
Event Details
Confronted with a rising tide of class action litigation in recent years, many companies have adopted class action waivers and mandatory arbitration provisions. Rather than seeking to avoid these provisions, plaintiffs are now seeking to turn them to their advantage. Mass arbitration is a trend in which a large number of individuals are encouraged to file similar arbitration claims against a common defendant. This plaintiff strategy has gained steam, creating significant legal and business challenges for corporations large, small, publicly traded or privately owned. Arbitrating in this environment presents new challenges, complexity and risk.
Please join Steptoe and Bruce A. Friedman, Esq., on Tuesday, October 8 for a dynamic webinar discussing the legal and business impacts of mass arbitrations. Bruce is an accomplished dispute resolution professional who has mediated and settled a wide range of cases including complex class action matters and mass arbitrations. He also serves as an arbitrator and discovery referee.
The webinar will primarily cover:
- Current trends in mass arbitration demands/threatened cases
- How arbitral bodies like AAA and JAMS have responded to the mass arbitration phenomenon
- Practical strategies for resolving mass arbitration cases, such as through mediation or bellwether arbitrations
- Implications of the Seventh Circuit's latest ruling in Wallrich v. Samsung, refusing to compel the company to advance arbitration fees upon on demand
- Potential implications of Hohenshelt v. Superior Court, the California Supreme Court challenge, under the Federal Arbitration Act, mandating that companies immediately pay all arbitration fees on demand, or waive arbitration altogether and lose the benefit of any class action waiver
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Date: Tuesday, October 8, 2024
Time: 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. EDT
Speakers:
Bruce A. Friedman, Esq., Mediator and Arbitrator, JAMS
Stephen Newman, Partner in Steptoe's Commercial Litigation practice
Jennifer Quinn-Barabanov, Partner in Steptoe's Commercial Litigation practice
CLE Credit:
Steptoe is an accredited CLE provider in California, Illinois, New York, and Texas and is pleased to offer the following credit for participation in the live event. If you are seeking credit in other jurisdictions, please make a note in your registration form and we’ll apply on your behalf.
- California: This program is approved for 1.0 hour of CLE credit. No credit may be claimed for required MCLE in legal ethics, recognition and elimination of bias in the legal profession, implicit bias, and competence issues.
- Illinois: This program is approved for 1.0 hour of general CLE credit.
- New York: This program is approved for 1.0 hour of CLE credit including 1.0 hour in areas of professional practice. The content and format are suitable for both newly admitted and experienced attorneys.
- Texas: This program is approved for 1.0 hour of General MCLE credit.
