Thursday, May 2, 2024

Appellate waiver case / book review

The MetNews has C.A. Permits Appeal Despite Clause in Arbitration Agreement Barring It, about this unpub'd decision here. The court finds that an agreement providing “The parties further agree that there will be no appeal from the court’s ruling under section 1285 except for any ruling vacating the arbitration award” did not waive the right to appeal. "A person’s agreement not to take an action does not support an inference that the person was aware that he had a right to take that action." 

The April 2024 issue of Los Angeles Lawyer has Marc Alexander's book review of Citizen Justice, about Justice William O. Douglas, written by Ninth Circuit Judge Margaret McKeown.

Bloomberg Law has Biden Top Supreme Court Lawyer Laments Shadow Docket Effect