An arbitration blog by Prof. Imre Szalai
I am pleased to announce that the Northwestern Journal of Law & Social Policy just published my latest article, which explores the landmark amendment to the FAA regarding sexual assault and sexual harassment claims. Below is an abstract and link Continue Reading
Hello there! I am excited to announce that my latest book project has just been released: Star Wars and Conflict Resolution, available at https://www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-Conflict-Resolution-Alternatives/dp/1734956224. I joined several experts in exploring how the Star Wars films (the greatest epics of our time!) Continue Reading
I recently finished writing 2 articles about the Federal Arbitration Act: 1) The first article is titled “#MeToo’s Landmark, Yet Flawed, Impact on Dispute Resolution: The Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act of 2021.” This article Continue Reading
The Senate, with bipartisan support, just passed a bill invalidating predispute arbitration agreements with respect to sexual harassment and sexual assault claims. The House of Representatives passed the bill earlier this week, and President Biden is expected to sign the Continue Reading
Earlier today, Facebook’s Oversight Board issued its decision regarding Donald Trump’s suspension from Facebook arising from his postings about the US Capitol riots. The Board found that Trump’s postings violated Facebook’s Community Standards and Instagram’s Community Guidelines. The Board also Continue Reading
The Supreme Court issued an order earlier today in the Henry Schein v. Archer & White arbitrability case, dismissing the writ of certiorari as improvidently granted (“DIG”). In this case, the Court had granted cert on the following issue:Whether a Continue Reading
Earlier this weekend, as expected, President Trump nominated Judge Amy Coney Barrett to replace Justice Ginsburg on the Supreme Court. During Judge Barrett’s short tenure on the Seventh Circuit, she wrote a few FAA opinions, and these opinions show that Continue Reading
I just published a new study about the prevalence of consumer arbitration agreements: https://lawreview.law.ucdavis.edu/online/vol52/52-online-Szalai.pdf. Because of the expansive, permissive (and in many respects, flawed) legal framework for arbitration created by the Supreme Court, together with the ease of generating contracts through Continue Reading
The Supreme Court just released its decision in New Prime v. Oliveira (click here for a copy of the decision), and as I predicted after oral argument, this case is a win for workers. I believe this is the first Continue Reading
I wanted to share some new legal arguments that could be helpful to invalidate arbitration clauses containing harsh terms. I just published a new article that proposes what I believe is a novel way of looking at the Federal Arbitration Continue Reading