Federal District Court Enjoins Pre-Arbitration Dispute Rule

A federal district court in Mississippi has entered an injunction prohibiting the CMS rule against pre-dispute arbitration from taking effect at the end of  this month.  According to a story on NPR, “[t]he reason for granting the injunction, the court explained in its order, is that it believes the new rule represents “incremental ‘creep’ of federal agency authority” — in this case the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services — ‘beyond that envisioned by the U.S. Constitution.'”

The 40 page order is available here.