AAA Case Summaries: November 2019 

Alfred G. Feliu, Feliu Neutral Services, LLC

Alfred Feliu has represented clients in all aspects of employment law and in a wide variety of commercial settings for over thirty-five years. Early in his career, after clerking for a federal judge, he represented management clients at prestigious international law firms, most notably with Paul Hastings, where he became a partner in 1991. In 1998, Mr. Feliu founded Vandenberg & Feliu, LLP, where he headed its Employment Law and Alternative Dispute Resolution practices. While at Vandenberg & Feliu he expanded his practice to include the counseling and representation of executives and employees. In June, 2016 Mr. Feliu established Feliu Neutral Services, LLC, following the merger of Vandenberg & Feliu with Michelman & Robinson.

Mr. Feliu brings to his work a wealth of experience from a multitude of perspectives – as counsel to organizations and individuals, as a neutral mediating disputes and resolving them as an arbitrator, and investigating such disputes as an independent investigator. Mr. Feliu’s focus is on finding solutions to his clients’ legal and business disputes solutions rather than on promoting adversarial options. It is no coincidence that the first of his four books, published in 1988, was entitled Resolving Employment Disputes Without Litigation, that he was recently Chair of the Labor & Employment Law Section of the New York State Bar Association, and that he has served as EEO Officer for the Port of New York and New Jersey since 2006. Mr. Feliu is also both a Fellow of the College of Commercial Arbitrators and a Fellow of the College of Labor & Employment Lawyers and has been selected as a Super Lawyer every year since 2009.

Source: Feliu Neutral Services LLC

AAA case summaries for November 2019 organized by issues, as follows:

I. Jurisdictional Issues: General

II. Jurisdictional Challenges: Delegation and Waiver Issues

III. Jurisdictional Issues: Unconscionability

IV. Challenges Relating to Agreement to Arbitrate

V. Challenges to Arbitrator or Forum

VI. Class & Collective Actions

VII. Hearing-Related Issues

VIII. Challenges to And Confirmation of Awards

IX. ADR – General

X. Collective Bargaining Setting

XI. News and Developments 

Table of Cases Summarized (Alphabetically Ordered)

20/20 Communications v. Crawford, 930 F. 3d 715 (5th Cir. 2019)

Abdullayeva v. Attending Home Care Services, 928 F. 3d 218 (2d Cir. 2019)

Al Raha Group for Technical Services v. PKL Services, 2019 WL 4267765 (N.D. Ga.) 

Alabama Psychiatric Services v. Lazenby, 2019 WL 2560096 (Ala.)

Ally Align Health v. Signature Advantage, 574 S.W. 3d 753 (Ky. 2019)

Al-Qarqani v. Chevron Corp., 2019 WL 4729467 (N.D. Cal.)

Anand v. Heath, 2019 WL 2716213 (N.D. Ill.)

Andre v. Mattress Firm, 2019 WL 3066321 (S.D.N.Y.)

Arabian Motors Grp., W.L.L. v. Ford Motor Co., 775 F. App'x 216 (6th Cir. 2019)

Arafa v. Health Express Corp., 2019 WL 2375387 (N.J. App. Div.)

Archer & White Sales v. Henry Schein, 935 F.3d 274 (5th Cir. 2019)

Arnaud v. Doctor’s Associates, 2019 WL 4279268 (E.D.N.Y.)

Arredondo v. SNH Se Ashley River Tenant, 2019 WL 3814725 (S.C. App.)

Austin v. Doordash, 2019 WL 4804781 (D. Mass.)

Beena Beauty Holding, 368 NLRB No. 91 (October 8, 2019)

Blair v. Rent-A-Center, 928 F. 3d 819 (9th Cir. 2019)

Blanton v. Domino’s Pizza, 2019 WL 5543027 (E.D. Mich.)

Bowles v. Onemain Financial Group, 927 F. 3d 878 (5th Cir.)

Briad Wenco LLC d/b/a Wendy’s Restaurant and Fast Food Workers Committee, 368 NLRB No. 72 (September 11, 2019)

Chicago Insurance Co. v. General Reinsurance Corp., 2019 WL 5387819 (S.D.N.Y.) 

Coleman v. Mallinckrodt Enterprises, 2019 WL 3803636 (E.D. Mo.)

Colon v. Strategic Delivery Sols., LLC, 459 N.J. Super. 349 (App. Div. 2019) 

Cordua Restaurants, 368 NLRB No. 43 (August 14, 2019)

Crispin Porter and Bogusky, LLC v. Watson, 2019 WL 5079916 (S.D.N.Y.)

Crystallex Int'l Corp. v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, 932 F.3d 126 (3d Cir. 2019)

Cvoro v. Carnival Corporation, 2019 WL 5257962 (11th Cir.) 

Daly v. Citigroup Inc., 939 F.3d 415 (2d Cir. 2019) 

Delisle v. Speedy Cash, 2019 WL 2423090 (S.D. Cal.) 

Dickey v. Vital One Health Plans Direct, LLC, 2019 WL 2545500 (E.D. Cal.)

Dorman v. Charles Schwab Corp., 934 F. 3d 1107 (9th Cir. 2019) 

Echevarria v. Aerotek, 2019 WL 2503377 (N.D. Cal.) 

Epps-Stowers v. Uber Technologies, Inc., 2019 WL 3430566 (N.D. Cal.) 

Freeman v. Smartpay Leasing, LLC, 771 Fed. App’x 926 (11th Cir. 2019)

Galvez v. Jetsmarter, Inc., 2019 WL 4805431 (S.D.N.Y.)

Gardner v. Yucaipa Trading Co., 2019 WL 2950200 (Cal. App.) 

GE Energy Power Conversion France SAS, Corp. v. Outokumpu Stainless USA, LLC, 139 S. Ct. 2776 (2019) 

Gembarski v. Partssource, 2019 WL 3806290 (Ohio)

Goffe v. Foulke Mgmt. Corp., 238 N.J. 191, reconsideration denied, 238 N.J. 508 (2019) 

Gorny v. Wayfair, 2019 WL 2409595 (N.D. Ill.) 

Gupta v. Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, LLC, 934 F.3d 705 (7th Cir. 2019) 

Heimlich v. Shivji, 7 Cal.5th 350 (2019) 

In re Application to Obtain Discovery for Use in Foreign Proceedings, 939 F.3d 710 (6th Cir. 2019)

In re del Valle Ruiz, 939 F.3d 520 (2d Cir. 2019) 

In re Randal Holl, 925 F. 3d 1076 (9th Cir.) 

In re Remicade (Direct Purchaser) Antitrust Litig., 938 F.3d 515 (3d Cir. 2019)

In re Uber Text Messaging, 2019 WL 2509337 (N.D. Cal.) 

In Re: Rotavirus Vaccines Antitrust Litigation, 2019 WL 5543808 (3rd Cir.) 

Int’l FCStone Fin., Inc. v. Jacobson, 2019 WL 2356989 (N.D. Ill.) 

International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers v. Charter Communications, 2019 WL 5092466 (2d Cir.) 

Inversiones y Procesadora Tropical Inprotsa v. Delmonte International, 2019 WL 4200011 (11th Cir.)

Jaludi v. Citigroup, 933 F.3d 246 (3d Cir. 2019)  

Johns Manville v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters, 2019 WL 4180802 (6th Cir.) 

Latif v. Morgan Stanley & Co., 2019 WL 2610985 (S.D.N.Y.) 

Local One Security Officers Union v. New York University, 2019 WL 4254026 (S.D.N.Y.) 

Maloof v. Wireless World, 2019 WL 3933566 (Cal. App.) 

Managed Care Advisory Group v. Cigna Healthcare, 2019 WL 4464301 (11th Cir.) 

Managed Care Advisory Grp., LLC v. CIGNA Healthcare, Inc., 939 F.3d 1145 (11th Cir. 2019) 

Matter of Henry, 2019 WL 5295056 (5th Cir.) 

McGee v. Armstrong, 2019 WL 5556756 (6th Cir.)

Miller v. Southwest Airlines, 926 F. 3d 898 (7th Cir.) 

Monster Energy Co. v. City Beverages, 2019 WL 5382062 (9th Cir.) 

Newell v. Providence Health & Servs., 2019 WL 2578679 (Wash. App.) 

Nicholas v. Wayfair, Inc., 2019 WL 5204132 (E.D.N.Y.) 

Nicholas v. Wayfare, Inc., 2019 WL 5204132 (E.D.N.Y.) 

Oto, LLC v. KHO, 8 Cal. 5th 111 (2019) 

Outokumpu Stainless USA, LLC v. Converteam SAS, 902 F.3d 1316 (11th Cir. 2018), cert. granted sub nom. 

Prime Healthcare Paradise Valley, LLC, 368 NLRB No. 10 (June 18, 2019) 

Primov v. Serco, Inc., 817 S.E.2d 811 (Va. 2018)

Rainey v. Citigroup, Inc., 779 F. App'x 258 (5th Cir. 2019) 

Roberts-Banks v. Family Dollar, 2019 WL 5075832 (E.D. Tenn.) 

Rollins v. Goldman Sachs & Co., Inc., 2019 WL 2754635 (S.D.N.Y.) 

Rossisa Participacoes v. Reynolds & Reynolds Co., 2019 WL 4242937 (S.D. Ohio) 

Ruiz v. New Avon, LLC, 2019 WL 4601847 (S.D.N.Y.) 

Sabre GLBL, Inc. v. Shan, 2019 WL 2880999 (3d Cir.)

Santich v. VCG Holding Corp., 443 P. 3d 62 (Colo. 2019) 

Santich v. VCG Holding Corp., 443 P. 3d 62 (Colo.) 

Sayre v. JPMorgan Chase & Co., 2019 WL 5457796 (9th Cir.) 

Shockley v. Primelending, 929 F.3d 1012 (8th Cir. 2019)  

Singh v. Uber Technologies, 939 F.3d 210 (3d Cir. 2019)

SOR Technology v. MWR Life, LLC, 2019 WL 4060350 (S.D. Cal.) 

SRW Equities v. Michael Nussen & Jade USA, 2019 WL 4237986 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. Kings Cty.)

State ex rel. Newberry v. Jackson, 575 S.W.3d 471 (Mo. 2019) 

Steyn v. CRTV, LLC, 175 A.D.3d 1 (N.Y. App. Div. 2019) 

Superior Energy Services Columbia S.A.S. v. Premium Petroleum Services, 2019 WL 2717692 (S.D.N.Y.) 

Tarlton and Son, Inc., and Robert Munoz, 368 NLRB No. 101 (October 30, 2019) 

Three Brothers Trading v. Generex Biotechnology Corp., 2019 WL 3456631 (S.D.N.Y.) 

TN3, LLC v. Jones, 2019 WL 2578426 (Ohio App.) 

U.S. Masters Residential Property v. New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, 2019 3402917 (N.J.) 

Velasquez-Reyes v. Samsung Electronics, 777 Fed. App’x 241 (9th Cir. 2019) 

Weiss v. Sallie Mae, 939 F. 3d 105 (2d Cir. 2019) 

White v. ACell, Inc., 779 F. App'x 359 (6th Cir. 2019) 

Williams v. Eaze Solutions, 2019 WL 5312956 (N.D. Cal.) 

Zoller v. UBS Securities, 2019 WL 2371724 (N.D. Ill.)