May 14, 2009
Agreements to arbitrate are just that—agreements. That means that parties will only ever arbitrate where they have consented to do so. It is well-settled law that consent may be express or implied, but the confines of implied consent have long been a source of disagreement between state courts. Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Arthur Anderson LLP v. Carlisle targeted again the issue of implied [...]
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May 7, 2009
In coming days, Gov. Gregoire is expected to sign HB 2040. The Bill, which is in part an artifact of the 9th Circuit’s 2008 Costco v. Hoen decision, will effectively end Washington’s tied house laws and instill new pricing restrictions on beer and wine. Undoubtedly, the law will have a profound effect on how beer and wine manufacturers (and retailers) structure their businesses.
The first part of this post contains a comparison [...]
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