From Class Actions to Mass Arbitration: How Dispute Resolution Is Being Redefined

Session I – Mass Arbitration: The Inevitable Response to Class Action Bans – Myriam Gilles This session examines the rise of mass arbitration, a development born from corporate efforts to eliminate class actions through arbitration clauses. Originally designed to shield companies from large-scale liability, these same clauses have now been turned back against them through the coordinated filing of thousands of individual arbitrations demands. The session will trace the historical and legal foundations of mass arbitration, explore its strategic use by plaintiffs’ counsel, and analyze how corporations and courts are adapting to this evolving procedural landscape. Participants will gain insight…