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Mandatory Arbitration Clauses Commercial Contracts

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

When Is a Waiver of the Right to Arbitrate a Waiver?

Arbitration continues to be a growing preference for dispute resolution. Mandatory arbitration provisions are found in a variety of commercial contracts, especially in consumer agreements. In fact, it has been reported in a...more

Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP

New Jersey Appellate Division Ruling Profoundly Changes Interpretation of Arbitration Clauses

What You Need to Know: •The New Jersey Appellate Division has issued a decision that fundamentally reshapes the interpretation of arbitration clauses in commercial contracts. •The ruling carves out an exception to the New...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

The Great Debate: Do You Arbitrate Commercial Disputes?

In a civil case, is it wiser for a business to try to persuade the counterparty to agree from the outset to arbitration—or potentially to place it's very solvency in the unpredictable hands of a judge and jury? Originally...more

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Important judgment on pre-conditions in arbitration clauses

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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

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Supreme Court Enforces Arbitration Clauses for Business Customers in Consumer Class Action

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Business customers that agreed to arbitrate disputes cannot “piggyback” their claims onto a consumer class action in court, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled....more

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