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Demystifying Disney's Legal Shield: Mandatory Arbitration Agreements

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F. Paul Bland
Julie Pollock
Matthew Summers
With F. Paul Bland from Berger Montague + 2 others
Recorded October 09, 2024
Product ID 99768

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Overview

The Magic is in the Fine Print

Companies and employers nationwide have become increasingly reliant on arbitration agreements to mitigate expenses and negative publicity. Jeffrey Piccolo’s case is a stark example of this: after losing his wife on Disney property, he was told a free-trial subscription to Disney+ from years ago barred him from suing Disney for wrongful death. Explore the fundamentals of this case as our esteemed faculty highlights the current state of arbitration clauses, arguments about enforceability, and foreseeable implications of this growing trend. Protect yourself and your clients- register today!

  • Discuss Piccolo v. Disney and its possible implications in your practice.
  • Discover when arbitration agreements are not enforceable.
  • Define unconscionability in arbitration clauses.

Abbreviated Agenda

  1. Piccolo v. Disney and the Current State of Arbitration Agreements
  2. View from the Supreme Court
  3. Arguments That Parties Did Not Agree to Arbitrate
  4. Arguments About Unconscionable Clauses
  5. Exceptions for Arbitration
  6. Is Mass Arbitration Changing the Landscape?

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Alaska CLE Approved 1 Total
Arkansas CLE Approved 1 Total
Arizona CLE Approved 1 Total
California CLE Approved 1 Total
Colorado CLE Approved 1 Total
Connecticut CLE Approved 1 Total
Delaware CLE Approved 1 Total
Florida CLE Approved 1 Total
Hawaii CLE Approved 1 Total
Idaho CLE Approved 1 Total
Illinois CLE Approved 1 Total
Kentucky CLE Upon Request 1 Total
Maine CLE Approved 1 Total
Minnesota CLE Approved 1 Total
Missouri CLE Approved 1.2 Total
Northern Mariana Islands CLE Approved 1 Total
Montana CLE Upon Request 1 Total
North Dakota CLE Upon Request 1 Total
Nebraska CLE Approved 1 Total
New Hampshire CLE Approved 1 Total
New Mexico CLE Approved 1 Total
Nevada CLE Approved 1 Total
New York CLE Approved 1 Total
Oklahoma CLE Approved 1 Total
Oregon CLE Approved 1 Total
Pennsylvania CLE Approved 1 Total
Rhode Island CLE Upon Request 1 Total
Tennessee CLE Approved 1 Total
Vermont CLE Approved 1 Total
Washington CLE Approved 1 Total
Wisconsin CLE Approved 1 Total
West Virginia CLE Approved 1.2 Total
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  1. Demystifying Disney's Legal Shield: Mandatory Arbitration Agreements

    1. Piccolo v. Disney and the Current State of Arbitration Agreements
    2. View from the Supreme Court
    3. Arguments That Parties Did Not Agree to Arbitrate
    4. Arguments About Unconscionable Clauses
    5. Exceptions for Arbitration
    6. Is Mass Arbitration Changing the Landscape?

Who Should Attend

This course is designed for attorneys. Paralegals may also benefit.

Speakers

F. Paul Bland
F. Paul
Bland
Berger Montague
Julie Pollock
Julie
Pollock
Berger Montague
Matthew Summers
Matthew
Summers
Berger Montague
Speaker bio
F. Paul Bland

F. Paul Bland

Berger Montague
F. Paul Bland

is a shareholder with Berger Montague, where he co-chairs the firm's Appeals and Complex Briefing Department. He has argued and won more than 40 cases that have led to reported decisions for consumers, workers, or other aggrieved claimants, including one win in the U.S. Supreme Court, and at least one victory in the state supreme courts of ten different states and six of the U.S. Courts of Appeal. Mr. Bland has handled numerous successful challenges to forced arbitration clauses and has also successfully defeated federal preemption defenses in a number of cases, among other substantive appeals he has handled. For ten years, he served as the executive director at Public Justice, a national legal advocacy nonprofit organization, overseeing the organization's litigation and advocacy, as well as operations, communications, and finance. For 17 years before that, Mr. Bland was a senior attorney at Public Justice, overseeing appellate and other litigation at the organization. He has testified in both houses of Congress several times, as well as before half a dozen state legislatures and various federal and state regulatory agencies. Mr. Bland is a graduate of Harvard Law School and Georgetown University.

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Julie Pollock

Julie Pollock

Berger Montague
Julie Pollock

is an attorney with Berger Montague's Antitrust department. She graduated summa cum laude from USF School of Law. Ms. Pollock is passionate about social and economic justice. Prior to joining the firm, she earned a master's degree in social welfare from UCLA and started her career doing policy work to improve healthcare and housing access for low-income older adults. She believes in aggressive antitrust enforcement as a tool to combat the excessive concentration of economic power and its resulting structural inequities. Ms. Pollock also served on the Board of Directors for the Legal Aid Association of California, advocating to expand access to critical legal services for low-income Californians.

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Matthew Summers

Matthew Summers

Berger Montague
Matthew Summers

is an attorney in Berger Montague's San Francisco office. His practice is focused on antitrust and appellate litigation. Prior to joining Berger Montague, Mr. Summers was an associate in the Supreme Court and Appellate Practice at Jenner & Block, LLP. He argued before a panel of the Virginia Supreme Court, drafted dispositive motions, and was part of the Processed Egg Products trial team that won a $53M antitrust verdict for direct purchaser plaintiffs. Mr. Summers graduated, cum laude, from Harvard Law School. Before law school, he was an economic consultant for antitrust cases at Analysis Group, spent time on a Fulbright in South Africa, and did renewable energy work in Rwanda.

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