Shivkov v. Artex Risk Solutions, Inc.

Docket Number19-16746
Decision Date09 September 2020
The Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court's order compelling individual arbitration and dismissing a putative class action alleging violations of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act and Arizona law. Pursuant to agreements entered into by the parties, Artex and Tribeca formed and managed captive insurance companies that plaintiffs owned, and to which plaintiffs paid insurance premiums. Plaintiffs claimed the payments as tax-deductible business expenses without...

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  • S.S. by and through Stern v. Peloton Interactive, Inc.
    • United States
    • U.S. District Court — Southern District of California
    • October 6, 2021
    ...inapplicable here, the FAA "governs arbitration agreements in contracts involving interstate commerce." Shivkov v. Artex Risk Sols., Inc. , 974 F.3d 1051, 1058-60 (9th Cir. 2020) (applying Arizona contract law) ; see also N.Y. Stock Exch. Arbitration v. Shearson Lehman Hutton Inc. , 948 F.2......
  • Camarillo v. Balboa Thrift & Loan Ass'n, Corp.
    • United States
    • U.S. District Court — Southern District of California
    • February 4, 2021
    ...inapplicable here, the FAA "governs arbitration agreements in contracts involving interstate commerce." Shivkov v. Artex Risk Sols., Inc., 974 F.3d 1051, 1058-60 (9th Cir. 2020) (applying Arizona contract law). Section 1 of the FAA defines "commerce" as "commerce among the several States." ......
  • Setty v. Shrinivas Sugandhalaya LLP
    • United States
    • U.S. Court of Appeals — Ninth Circuit
    • July 7, 2021
    ...claims, which included federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act ("RICO") claims); Shivkov v. Artex Risk Sols., Inc. , 974 F.3d 1051, 1058, 1070 (9th Cir. 2020) (same).For the proposition that federal substantive law applies to all questions arising from international arbit......
  • McKenzie v. Brannan
    • United States
    • U.S. District Court — District of Maine
    • October 19, 2020
    ...parties, some courts have declined to delegate arbitrability when the agreement was insufficiently clear. In Shivkov v. Artex Risk Solutions, Inc. , 974 F.3d 1051 (9th Cir. 2020), the Ninth Circuit affirmed a district court's refusal to compel arbitration. The arbitration clause in Shivkov ......
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2 books & journal articles
  • Recent Developments in Alternative Dispute Resolution
    • United States
    • ABA General Library Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Law Journal No. 56-2, April 2021
    • April 1, 2021
    ...‘the structural features of class arbitration make it a “fundamental” change from the norm of bilateral arbitration’” and that 6. 974 F.3d 1051 (9th Cir. 2020) 7. 974 F.3d at 1056-57. 8. Id. at 1057. 9. Id. (“See Lamps Plus, Inc. v. Varela, 139 S. Ct. 1407, 1417 n.4 (2019) (not deciding the......
  • Annual Update of Alternative Dispute Resolution Cases and Legislation
    • United States
    • California Lawyers Association Business Law Section Annual Review (CLA) No. 2022-1, 2022
    • Invalid date
    ...Reynolds, Inc., 579 U.S. 79, 83 (2002); Baker v. Osborne Dev. Corp., 159 Cal. App. 4th 884, 893 (2008); Shivkov v. Artex Risk Sols., Inc. 974 F.3d 1051, 1068-69 (2020).13. Hartley v. Super. Ct., 196 Cal. App. 4th 1249, 1257 (2011).14. See Postmates, Inc. v. 10,356 Individuals, No. CV 20-278......