Antonia Rota-McLarty v. Santander Consumer USA, Incorporated

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• concluding that a consumer credit arrangement wherein a party relied upon funds from a foreign source in the “transaction is sufficient to implicate the FAA”
• holding that the defendant made the requisite initial showing to invoke the FAA, which plaintiff failed to rebut
• finding that the transaction including the arbitration agreement related to interstate commerce and therefore the district court erred by not applying the FAA
• finding that a six-and-a-half month delay, without more, was insufficient to demonstrate that the opposing party suffered actual prejudice
• finding that a six-and-a-half month delay, without more, was insufficient to demonstrate that the opposing party suffered actual prejudice
• holding that defendant did not forfeit its right to insist on arbitration when it removed the plaintiff’s case to federal court, filed an answer, proposed a bifurcated discovery plan, deposed the plaintiff, responded to the plaintiff’s discovery requests, and filed no dispositive motions

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