This commentary explores how an arbitration’s venue significantly affects the parties’ ability to obtain nonparty discovery. Attorneys must carefully evaluate this factor when drafting arbitration ...
We have learned that President George Washington’s last will and testament contained an arbitration provision and thorough discussion about how the arbitrators were to be selected and their roles. The ...
Arbitration Clause in Attorney-Client Agreement Deemed Unenforceable Due to Lack of Informed Consent
The First District Appellate Court in Illinois affirmed the trial court's denial of a defendant law firm's motion to compel arbitration on the basis that the arbitration provision in the ...
In Bain v. Airoom, LLC, No. 1-21-001, 2022 Ill. App. LEXIS 241, the Appellate Court of Illinois (Appellate Court) considered whether the lower court erred in enforcing an arbitration clause in a ...
Every day, consumers may be unknowingly signing away their rights to sue companies – such as online retail platforms, gig economy apps, and streaming services – even if the claims have no relation to ...
On Thursday, Rep. Hank Johnson (D-Ga.) and Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) re-introduced the Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal Act (FAIR) Act, a measure that would ban forced arbitration clauses ...
Since I became a lawyer in 1989, the use of arbitration as a dispute resolution technique has skyrocketed, and it is increasingly rare these days to find a contract that does not have an arbitration ...
Valve Corporation, tired of paying arbitration fees, has removed a mandatory arbitration clause from Steam’s subscriber agreement. Valve told gamers in yesterday’s update that they must sue the ...
In the blizzard of paperwork needed to get into a nursing home or assisted living, some residents unwittingly surrender the right to a day in court. By Paula Span What the Jinks family wanted was to ...
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