Brendan Gooley

The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas recently compelled arbitration under equitable estoppel principles in a dispute between a group of hospitals and a medical insurer....more The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has held that arbitrators’ decisions that an arbitration clause is unenforceable may not be used to preclude arbitration in cases involving other plaintiffs in the same putative class action...more The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has held that the inadvertent failure to record arbitration proceedings did not warrant vacating the arbitration award. The court thus affirmed confirmation of the award....more The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed the partial denial of a motion to compel arbitration after concluding that the arbitration agreement did not clearly and unmistakably evidence an intent to delegate the question...more