Mass Arbitration Update: The Latest Developments and Emerging Issues Impacting Businesses

On February 5, Skadden hosted the webinar “Mass Arbitration Update: The Latest Developments and Emerging Issues Impacting Businesses,” which explored the current mass arbitration model and strategies that may help companies avoid being targeted by claimants. Speakers included New York mass torts, insurance and consumer litigation partners Michael McTigue and Meredith Slawe. Topics included the latest trends in social media solicitations and direct targeting to consumers, primary substantive claims at issue, an update on arbitration administrators and their recent and anticipated changes to procedures and fee schedules, best practices for drafting mass arbitration provisions, the pros and cons of various mass arbitration approaches, and lessons learned from key court decisions in 2024, among other topics.