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Enough is Enough: Time to Eliminate the “Hidden Arbitration Clause Trick” “A day of reckoning is coming on predispute arbitration agreements in consumer arbitration. A dichotomy is developing between arms-length pre-dispute arbitration agreements and those imposed in an adhesion contract with consumers (and perhaps employees). This will be addressed in the next several years by…
A George Bailey “Hat Trick” – Et Tu, 9th Circuit? Several months ago in this blog I described a “hat trick,” which is a hockey term for when a player scores three (or more) goals in one game. For those who have somehow eluded ever seeing the holiday classic “It’s a wonderful Life,” the other…
Combining the time-tested processes of arbitration and mediation with modern technology, Arbitration Resolution Services, Inc. is revolutionizing how civil legal matters are resolved. CORAL SPRINGS, FL (March 24, 2014) – Arbitration Resolution Services, Inc. (ARS) today unveiled a new website (www.arbresolutions.com) designed to enable individuals and businesses to resolve civil disputes online, without leaving…
Late last month in this blog, I wrote that the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) was “cruisin’ for a bruisin’” on its arbitration policy. To review, and borrowing heavily from my own work, the NLRB had ruled previously in the D.R. Horton matter that a predispute arbitration agreement (“PDAA”) containing a class action waiver violated…
Recent media reports have focused on the challenges facing the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) dispute resolution forum as it grapples with an expected influx of arbitration cases resulting from bonds issued by Puerto Rico. To review, concerns arose last year about the stability of bonds issued by the Commonwealth. As a result, interest rates…