Using recent developments in case law from across international jurisdictions, this article highlights common drafting pitfalls and offers practical guidance for crafting effective, enforceable ...

A bipartisan bill reintroduced Wednesday calls for forced arbitration clauses to be invalidated in age discrimination cases.

Concepcion (PDF), for example, the court knocked down a California law that had tried to prevent arbitration clauses from restricting class-action lawsuits.

For example, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit considered that a more notorious arbitration clause in a standard agreement could be the difference. Uber could have also ...

Arbitration clauses are typically buried in the fine print of product manuals and websites. Most people don’t even realize they are agreeing to them.

For example, while the CFPB estimates that only 7.7% of banks use arbitration clauses for their checking accounts, 62% of the top 50 banks have arbitration clauses in their checking account contracts.

The Mental Health Matters Act would, among other things, ban forced arbitration clauses, class action waivers, discretionary clauses, and representation waivers in ERISA-governed plans.

The mandatory arbitration clauses that 61% of the nation’s 15,000 registered investment advisor firms require clients to sign benefit advisors over investors, SEC staff said in a new report sent ...