Eastern District of Pennsylvania reaffirms the ability of large transportation companies, and specifically common carriers, ...

Where an arbitration clause provides that parties “may” submit their disputes to arbitration, does this mean that arbitration is mandatory or merely permissive? What is the effect of a proviso in an ...

Is an arbitration clause mandatory or permissive when it provides that either party to the contract may elect to submit a dispute to binding arbitration? What if the contract also provides that the ...

Sparked by actions of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Automotive Compliance Consultants general counsel David Missimer — who specializes in dealership compliance issues — advised managers to ...

Upholding an arbitration agreement with multiple unconscionable terms would incentivize an employer to draft a one-sided arbitration agreement in the hopes that employees would not challenge the ...

Last year a firestorm erupted after General Mills, the maker of Bisquick, Cheerios, and other food brands, changed the legal terms on its website, requiring that all disputes related to the purchase ...

LEESBURG, Fla. — A homeowner in Lake County claims a contractor kept his big deposit for a job that was never completed, but an arbitration clause is denying him a day in court. Action 9 investigates ...

Risk for particular losses are often shared among several insurers. But what happens if following an insured's claim against four insurers, only one of the four insurance policies contains a mandatory ...

More often than not, most employees do not object to having an arbitration clause in their contracts at the time of contracting. After all, who thinks they will have a dispute with their employer? Who ...