Contract Disputes, Contract Terms, Mandatory Arbitration Clauses

Ohio Courts Reinforce Arbitration Provisions Despite Conflict, Missing Signatures and Litigation

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP on 5/9/2025

Ohio courts are reaffirming a consistent and increasingly important theme: if your contract contains an arbitration clause, expect to be held to it. Three recent appellate decisions—Denham v. Encino Energy, LLC,...more

Court of Appeal Rules on Enforceability of Mandatory ADR Clauses

Latham & Watkins LLP on 5/3/2023

A recent decision reminds parties about the need to draft dispute resolution clauses that are tailored to the parties’ agreement. The Court of Appeal recently ruled that an alternative dispute resolution (ADR) clause in...more

Important judgment on pre-conditions in arbitration clauses

BCLP on 6/29/2021

Many modern commercial contracts contain dispute resolution clauses which submit disputes to arbitration. It is common for parties to agree to a set of pre-conditions or escalation mechanisms which have to be complied with...more

Ohio Court of Claims upholds necessity of contractors and sureties to follow contractual dispute resolution process

Bricker Graydon LLP on 7/10/2019

In Berkley Ins. Co. v. Kent State University, Case No. 2018-00579, 2018-Ohio-5453 (Dec. 6, 2018), the Ohio Court of Claims held that when a construction contract contains a mandatory dispute resolution process, that process...more

Non-signatory Third-Party Cannot Enforce Arbitration Clause In Contract

Carlton Fields on 2/21/2019

SBS is a staffing company that provides personnel to various retail services, such as SPAR. SBS engaged Paradise Hogan (“Hogan”) and assigned Hogan to SPAR. Hogan and SBS entered into an Independent Contractor Master...more

Fifth Circuit Affirms Court’s Authority To Rule On Question Of Arbitrability And Finds Injunctive Relief Was Not Subject To...

Carlton Fields on 1/16/2018

A Texas federal court determined that, pursuant to the parties’ contract, the dispute was not arbitrable because the plain language of the arbitration clause expressly excluded suits that involved requests for injunctive...more