April 15, 2026
The American Arbitration Association has urged an Arizona federal court to reconsider a ruling that allowed a monopoly suit against the association to proceed, saying that sustaining antitrust claims against the arbitration provider based on template arbitration clauses on its website poses "massive risks" for millions of customer arbitration contracts.
April 01, 2026
An Arizona federal judge ruled Tuesday that the American Arbitration Association must face a proposed class action accusing it of monopolizing the consumer arbitration services market, saying the suit provided sufficient allegations to "plausibly infer" that the institution engages in anticompetitive conduct.
July 23, 2025
The American Arbitration Association urged an Arizona federal court Tuesday to toss a case accusing it of monopolizing the market for consumer arbitration services, saying the proposed class action hasn't come close to pleading predatory pricing.
May 16, 2025
The American Arbitration Association monopolizes the market for consumer arbitration and is "an unfair forum where consumers lose" to corporate defendants, according to a proposed consumer class action filed in Arizona federal court.