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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

For Texas business lawyers, arbitration clauses should never be treated as boilerplate. They are procedural roadmaps that ...

Increasingly, small-business contracts include arbitration clauses that seek to limit potential lawsuits. Mark Davis, a partner with Davis Levin Livingston, offers these tips to help you understand ...

The Supreme Court of Victoria has delivered Australia’s first judgment on a hybrid arbitration clause, emphasising that when ...

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 ...

Payment defaults in arbitration are problematic because, unlike courts, arbitrators disfavor default judgments due to due process concerns, and parties typically split arbitration fees, making ...

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In the category of adding insult to injury — or perhaps piling one injury on top of another — Wells Fargo is an expert. Nothing demonstrates that more than the bank’s insistence on forcing the victims ...

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The Founding Fathers believed your right to a jury trial is so important, they enshrined it in Article III of the Constitution. In 1791, “the right to a speedy and public trial” was reinforced by ...