Overview
Steptoe partners Chris Paparella and Jennifer Quinn-Barabanov, of counsel Justin Ben-Asher, and associate Kirsten Bickelman authored an article titled “Class Action Arbitration in the USA,” which appeared in LexisNexis.
The article discusses class action litigation in the United States, beginning with the US Supreme Court’s 2003 decision in Green Tree Financial Corp v Bazzle. It also examines the evolution of US class action arbitration law and subsequent Supreme Court developments. Though questions remain as to what constitutes an agreement to arbitrate a class action and whether the courts or the arbitral tribunal decide if there is such an agreement, several major arbitral institutions have adopted class arbitration rules.
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