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Alternative Dispute Resolution

Sep. 30, 2010

Hundreds of Class-Action Arbitrations Languish in Legal Limbo

Six months after the U.S. Supreme Court banned some class actions from proceeding in arbitration, mass confusion reigns.

By Catherine Ho

Daily Journal Staff Writer

Six months after the U.S. Supreme Court banned arbitrators from certifying some cases as class actions, confusion about what the ruling means is keeping hundreds of pending class arbitrations and thousands of potential plaintiffs in limbo - and leaving employment lawyers on both sides of the bar scratching their heads about what to do next.

The confusion stems from two Supreme Court de...

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