District Court Grants Non-Party’s Motion to Compel Arbitration Two Years After Complaint Was Filed

Putative Class Plaintiff Hadassah Shellenberger purchased a Whirlpool dishwasher from Best Buy in April 2020 for around $1100. In May 2020, having received solicitations in the mail, Ms. Shellenberger purchased a three-year Service Plan from AIG WarrantyGuard (AIG). The materials… Source by ContractsProf Blog Read More

Just last month we celebrated the Cubs’ W over the owner of a rooftop seating venue across the street from storied Wrigley Field. After the post was drafted, the District Court more emphatically denied defendant Aidan Dunican’s motion for reconsideration…. Source by ContractsProf Blog Read More

Martha Ertman (right) provides an excellent review of Sabine Tsuruda’s recently published article, Race, Unconscionability, and Contractual Equality, I won’t try to summarize Professor Ertman’s summary. I just want to make two supplemental comments, one Professor Tsuruda’s take on statutory… Source by ContractsProf Blog Read More

In this, my second post inspired by the Money Stuff Podcast, I riff a bit on a conversation that the hosts Matt Levine and Katie Greifeld about whether people who like crypto markets can be presumed to be anarchists who… Source by ContractsProf Blog Read More

Plaintiffs rented tools from Home Depot and then sought to bring two claims on behalf of a purported class of similarly-situated individuals. First, plaintiffs alleged that Home Depot overcharged them for late rental returns. Second, plaintiffs allege that when Home… Source by ContractsProf Blog Read More

Bradley Fleming, an employee of the Kellogg Company (Kellogg) and a participant in its defined contribution (401(k)) retirement plan, alleged breach of fiduciary duty sounding in ERISA § 502(a)(2), 29 U.S.C. § 1132(a)(2) against Kellogg and the fiduciaries who ran… Source by ContractsProf Blog Read More