Arbitration agreements and non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) have recently been in the news due to the sexual harassment scandals involving politicians in Washington, D.C. and Sacramento, as well as ...

The U.S. Supreme Court, in recent years, has provided companies with a powerful tool to avoid class action lawsuits: arbitration. In a series of decisions, the Supreme Court has held that class action ...

In this fourth and final article of the series, the author asked four independent arbitrators to share their views based on their firsthand experience reviewing and opining on arbitration agreements.

After litigation and multiple public comment periods, the new Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services rule for arbitration agreements went into effect on Sept. 16, 2019. Long-term care providers ...

Earlier this week, Disney backed down from its claim that a man whose wife died at Disney World could not take the company to court because he had signed away his right to sue when he signed up for a ...

Did you sign away some constitutional rights when you bought a new car, major appliance or even a service? Binding arbitration clauses are very common, but you may want to preserve your rights and ...

Many California employers ask incoming and existing employees to agree in advance to arbitrate any employment-related disputes and give up the right to bring such claims in court. Employees often are ...

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In Kelly v. Giuliano, CL-2020-0007479, (Va. Cir. Ct. Sept. 21, 2020), the Fairfax County City Court ruled that a trust isn’t a contract, and therefore, an arbitration provision contained in a trust ...

The Calcutta High Court has held that where an escrow agreement is intrinsically linked to or executed in furtherance of a ...