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What the Lamps Plus court did not say about class arbitration

In the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s decision in Lamps Plus, Inc. v. Varella, No. 17-988, 2019 WL 1780275 (U.S. Apr. 24, 2019), a lot of ink has been spilled on the issue of class arbitration. The ...
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‘Lamps Plus’ Ruling Narrows the Availability of Class Arbitration

On Wednesday, April 24, 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an opinion in Lamps Plus v. Varela, 587 U.S. ___ (2019), holding that courts cannot construe ambiguous arbitration clauses to permit class ...
The National Law Review

U.S. Supreme Court Decision in Lamps Plus Will Shed More Light on Class Arbitration

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'Lamps Plus': The Supreme Court's Latest Limitation on Class Arbitration

Before getting to the specifics of Lamps Plus, it is worth putting it in context. The starting point is the court's plurality decision in Green Tree Financial v. Bazzle, 539 U.S. 444 (2003). While ...