Cadwalader International Practice Law Blog: New York’s Highest Court Finds Public Policy Exception Applicable Before Even Deciding the Issue of Arbitrability, Barring Arbitration of Job Security Clauses blog.internationalpractice.org/international-practice/new-yorks-highest-court-finds-public-policy-exception-applicable-before-even-deciding-the-issue-of-arbitrability-barring-arbitration-of-job-security-clauses.html

ContractsProf Blog: Three Arbitration Decisions Part II: DC Circuit Vacates $185 Million Arbitral Award lawprofessors.typepad.com/contractsprof_blog/2012/02/three-arbitration-decisions-part-ii-argentina-v-bg-group-dc-circuit.html

Mass Tort Litigation Blog: Rhonda Wasserman on Secret Class Action Settlements lawprofessors.typepad.com/mass_tort_litigation/2012/02/rhonda-wasserman-on-secret-class-action-settlements.html

Electronic Discovery Law: On Appeal, KPMG Ordered to Continue Preservation of more than 2500 Hard Drives www.ediscoverylaw.com/2012/02/articles/case-summaries/on-appeal-kpmg-ordered-to-continue-preservation-of-more-than-2500-hard-drives/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ediscoverylaw%2Fklgates+%28Electronic+Discovery+Law%29

Vogel Internet, Information Technology and e-Discovery Blog: VIDEO – Privacy Policies: What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You www.vogelitlawblog.com/2012/01/articles/internet-privacy/video-privacy-policies-what-you-dont-know-can-hurt-you/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+VogelInternetInformationTechnologyAndE-discoveryBlog+%28Vogel+Internet%2C+Information+Technology+and+e-Discovery+Blog%29

Arbitration Nation: West Virginia’s Arbitration Ruling Could Not Stay Under SCOTUS’ FAA Preemption Radar arbitrationnation.com/?p=300

Bow Tie Law Blog: Smile for the Discovery Production bowtielaw.wordpress.com/2012/01/20/smile-for-the-discovery-production/

Arbitration Nation: West Virginia’s Arbitration Ruling Could Not Stay Under SCOTUS’ FAA Preemption Radar arbitrationnation.com/?p=300

“As this Court reaffirmed last Term, “[w]hen state law prohibits outright the arbitration of a particular type ofclaim, the analysis is straightforward: The conflicting rule is displaced by the FAA.” AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion, 563 U. S. ___, ___ (2011) (slip op., at 6–7). That rule resolves these cases. West Virginia’s prohibition against predispute agreements to arbitrate personal-injury or wrongful-death claims against nursing homes is a categorical rule prohibiting arbitration of a particular type ofclaim, and that rule is contrary to the terms and coverageof the FAA.” www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/11pdf/11-391.pdf

Per Curiam: “State and federal courts must enforce the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA), 9 U. S. C. §1 et seq., with respect to all arbitration agreements covered by that statute. Here, the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia, by misreading and disregarding the precedents of this Court interpreting the FAA, did not follow controlling federal law implementing that basic principle. The state court held unenforceable all predispute arbitration agreements that apply to claims alleging personal injury or wrongful death against nursing homes. The decision of the state court found the FAA’s coverage to be more limited than mandated by this Court’s previous cases. The decision of the State Supreme Court of Appeals must be vacated. When this Court has fulfilled its duty to interpret federal law, a state court may not contradict or fail to implement the rule so established. See U. S. Const., Art. VI, cl. 2.”