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fromThe IP Law Blog
1 week ago

The Briefing: Skechers, TikTok, and Khaby Lame: Is Barrett Wissman Potentially Liable?

Non-signatories can be compelled to arbitration through alter ego theory, veil piercing, agency law, or representative capacity doctrines, but the AAA cannot administer arbitration against someone who never agreed to it.
fromSun Sentinel
3 months ago

Resumption of Citizens Insurance alternative dispute hearings ordered

State-owned Citizens Property Insurance Corp. may continue to pursue more than 400 claims through an alternative dispute system that critics say produces rulings favorable to the insurer. A circuit judge from Leon County, Jonathan Sjostrom, signed an order on Friday saying that state law authorizes the company to send pending lawsuits to the Department of Administrative Hearings rather than the court system. The ruling requires DOAH to move forward on pending arbitration cases that have been stalled since Aug. 1.
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