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Dec 5, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Andrew J. Pincus |Archis A. Parasharami |Kevin S. Ranlett |Daniel Jones
Abuse of the arbitration system by plaintiffs' lawyers
through the filing of mass arbitrations is by now well-documented,
including in a paper we authored for the Chamber of
Commerce's Institute for Legal Reform. Companies have responded
by revising arbitration agreements to address this abuse, and
arbitral forums have adopted new default rules to govern mass
arbitrations when the issue is not addressed in the arbitration
agreement.
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Aug 22, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Kevin S. Ranlett |Archis A. Parasharami |Daniel Jones
In recent years, parties entering into class
settlements—largely at the urging of courts—have sought
to boost the rate at which class members participate in those
settlements by reducing gating requirements for submitting claims. In an increasing number of cases, claims are flooding in. But all
too often, a meaningful percentage of those claims are fraudulent. And the tools used to submit these improper claims are being used
to subvert other parts of the legal system.
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Jul 19, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Archis A. Parasharami |Kevin S. Ranlett |Daniel Jones
The Seventh Circuit's recent decision in
Wallrich v. Samsung Electronics America, Inc. is
significant news in the world of mass arbitration. In recent years,
businesses have faced an increasing risk of being targeted by
abusive mass arbitration campaigns that seek to leverage the
arbitration fees the business must pay, win or lose, to coerce a
settlement of even meritless claims.
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May 15, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Archis A. Parasharami |Kevin S. Ranlett |Daniel Jones
For businesses that use consumer and workplace arbitration
agreements designating JAMS as their arbitration administrator,
there is an important new development: JAMS has announced new Mass Arbitration
Procedures and Guidelines and a new Mass Arbitration
Procedures Fee Schedule.
These changes are a welcome improvement.
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May 10, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Daniel Jones |Archis A. Parasharami |Kevin S. Ranlett
For businesses that use consumer and workplace arbitration agreements designating JAMS as their arbitration administrator, there is an important new development: JAMS has announced new Mass Arbitration Procedures and Guidelines and a new Mass Arbitration Procedures Fee Schedule. These changes are a welcome improvement.
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Feb 27, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Andrew J. Pincus |Archis A. Parasharami |Kevin S. Ranlett
The American Arbitration Association (AAA) has announced updates
to its Mass Arbitration Supplementary Rules1 and its fee
schedules for consumer2 and employment3 mass
arbitrations.
These changes may ameliorate some of the worst abuses in recent
mass arbitrations and are a welcome development in that respect. But they do not come close to eliminating the risks associated with
abusive mass arbitrations.
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Feb 13, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Andrew J. Pincus |Archis A. Parasharami |Megan Webster |Kevin S. Ranlett
The American Arbitration Association (AAA) has announced updates
to its Mass Arbitration
Supplementary Rules and its fee schedules for consumer and employment mass
arbitrations.
These changes may ameliorate some of the worst abuses in recent
mass arbitrations and are a welcome development in that respect. But they do not come close to eliminating the risks associated with
abusive mass arbitrations.
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Feb 9, 2024 | 
wlf.org | Andrew J. Pincus |Archis A. Parasharami |Kevin S. Ranlett |Glenn Lammi
By Andrew J. Pincus, Archis A. Parasharami, and Kevin S. Ranlett, partners with Mayer Brown LLP. * * * *The American Arbitration Association (AAA) has announced updates to its Mass Arbitration Supplementary Rules and its fee schedules for consumer and employment mass arbitrations. These changes may ameliorate some of the worst abuses in recent mass arbitrations and are a welcome development in that respect. But they do not come close to eliminating the risks associated with abusive mass arbitrations.
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Feb 5, 2024 | 
lexblog.com | Archis A. Parasharami |Kevin S. Ranlett
Archis A. Parasharami, a litigation partner in Mayer Brown’s Washington DC office, is a co-chair of the firm’s Consumer Litigation & Class Actions practice, recently named by Law360 as one of the top five class action groups of the year. He also is…Archis A. Parasharami, a litigation partner in Mayer Brown’s Washington DC office, is a co-chair of the firm’s Consumer Litigation & Class Actions practice, recently named by Law360 as one of the top five class action groups of the year.
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Feb 5, 2024 | 
classdefenseblog.com | Archis A. Parasharami |Kevin S. Ranlett
The AAA recently announced a new set of rules of mass arbitrations, as well as new fee schedules for consumer and worker arbitrations. We and some of our colleagues wrote a Legal Update about the changes, how they impact businesses, and whether the updates might help with widespread abuses in mass arbitrations.
