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Showing posts with label court annexed arbitration. Show all posts
Showing posts with label court annexed arbitration. Show all posts

Sunday, January 26, 2014

Will Supreme Court hear Case on Delaware's State-Sponsored Confidential Arbitration?

The Delaware Court of Chancery has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a Third Circuit decision upholding a lower court ruling that Delaware’s state-sponsored arbitration program violated the First Amendment.  Those words, "state-sponsored", are key.  This "arbitration" was not arbitration in the usual sense of a private-sector alternative to the public-sector courts.

Saturday, October 26, 2013

Appeals Court Throws Out Confidential Arbitration in Delaware

Appeals Court Throws Out Confidential Arbitration in Delaware

"The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit upheld a lower court ruling that Delaware’s state-sponsored arbitration program violated the First Amendment."  Those words, "state-sponsored", are key.  This "arbitration" was not arbitration in the usual sense of a private-sector alternative to the public-sector courts.