Arbitration Organizations Largely Immune From Suit

The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals held that arbitrator immunity extends to arbitration organizations, here the American Arbitration Association, in Owens v. American Arbitration Association, Inc., 2016 WL 6818858 (8th Cir. Nov. 18, 2016).

Commentary from Liz Kramer, Seth Leventhal, and the American Bar Association Section on Litigation.

Nursing Home Arbitration

A federal court prevented a proposed regulation basically prohibiting nursing home arbitration agreements.

Pro-plaintiff commentary on the rule from noted Alabama plaintiffs' lawyers Beasley Allen.