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“Whimsy Little Contracts” With Unexpected Consequences: An Empirical Analysis Of Consumer Understanding Of Arbitration Agreements, Jeff Sovern, Elayne E. Greenberg, Paul F. Kirgis, Yuxiang Liu
“Whimsy Little Contracts” With Unexpected Consequences: An Empirical Analysis Of Consumer Understanding Of Arbitration Agreements, Jeff Sovern, Elayne E. Greenberg, Paul F. Kirgis, Yuxiang Liu
Maryland Law Review
Arbitration clauses have become ubiquitous in consumer contracts. These arbitration clauses require consumers to waive the constitutional right to a civil jury, access to court, and, increasingly, the procedural remedy of class representation. Because those rights cannot be divested without consent, the validity of arbitration agreements rests on the premise of consent. Consumers who do not want to arbitrate or waive their class rights can simply decline to purchase the products or services covered by an arbitration agreement. But the premise of consent is undermined if consumers do not understand the effect on their procedural rights of clicking a box …
Arbitration Of Mexican Trust Disputes: A Couple Made For Each Other?, Edgardo Muñoz, Sofía Llamas
Arbitration Of Mexican Trust Disputes: A Couple Made For Each Other?, Edgardo Muñoz, Sofía Llamas
University of Miami International and Comparative Law Review
No abstract provided.
Can You Trust Your Trust?: Analyzing The Decision And Implications Of Rachal V. Reitz On Arbitration Provisions In Trust Agreements, Michael Tipton
Can You Trust Your Trust?: Analyzing The Decision And Implications Of Rachal V. Reitz On Arbitration Provisions In Trust Agreements, Michael Tipton
Akron Law Review
This Note proceeds in three parts. Part Two provides insight on the history and development of trust law as well as the interest in arbitration to settle trust disputes. Part Three explains the factual background, holding, and rationale of the Supreme Court of Texas in Rachal v. Reitz. Part Four analyzes the Court’s decision and its implications. This part also asserts that the Court ruled correctly by giving effect to the intent of the settlor, including the arbitration agreement in the Texas Arbitration Act, and laying the groundwork for arbitration agreements to be enforced against trustees and beneficiaries on the …
Major League Baseball Players Ass'n V. Garvey Narrows The Judicial Strike Zone Of Arbitration Awards, Tracy Lipinski
Major League Baseball Players Ass'n V. Garvey Narrows The Judicial Strike Zone Of Arbitration Awards, Tracy Lipinski
Akron Law Review
This note examines judicial review of arbitration awards emphasizing if and when a reviewing court can vacate an arbitrator’s award. Part II explores the goals and principles of arbitration, the benefits of arbitration, arbitration legislation, and grounds for vacating an arbitration award. Also discussed in Part II are Supreme Court decisions dealing with judicial review of arbitration awards. Part III provides a statement of the facts, the procedural history, and the United States Supreme Court decision in Major League Baseball Players Ass’n v. Garvey. Finally, Part IV analyzes the Garvey decision, argues for a broader scope of judicial review of …
Gender Differences In Dispute Resolution Practice: Report On The Aba Section Of Dispute Resolution Practice Snapshot Survey, Gina Viola Brown, Andrea Kupfer Schneider
Gender Differences In Dispute Resolution Practice: Report On The Aba Section Of Dispute Resolution Practice Snapshot Survey, Gina Viola Brown, Andrea Kupfer Schneider
Akron Law Review
Some of the goals of the WIDR Committee were to change how neutral selection occurs in disputes, to increase the number of women who serve as neutrals, and to ensure that women and minorities were proportionally represented as neutrals.9 The first step, before suggesting changes, was to understand the current situation in the world of dispute resolution. In fall 2012, the Section of Dispute Resolution surveyed the lawyers belonging to the Section to determine how mediators and arbitrators are selected in legal cases and the types of cases being resolved through the many available dispute resolution processes. Specifically, the survey …
Not Open For Business: A Review Of South Carolina's Arbitration Venue Statute, And A Proposal For Reform, Katherine H. Flynn
Not Open For Business: A Review Of South Carolina's Arbitration Venue Statute, And A Proposal For Reform, Katherine H. Flynn
South Carolina Law Review
No abstract provided.
The Special Nature Of International Insurance And Reinsurance Arbitration: A Response To Professor Jerry, S. I. Strong
The Special Nature Of International Insurance And Reinsurance Arbitration: A Response To Professor Jerry, S. I. Strong
Journal of Dispute Resolution
No abstract provided.
Get The Best Of Both Worlds: Illusory Arbitration Agreements, Desiree Shay
Get The Best Of Both Worlds: Illusory Arbitration Agreements, Desiree Shay
Journal of Dispute Resolution
This Note addresses the clauses in franchise-franchisee agreements that preserve the right for a franchisor to unilaterally alter the terms of arbitration after the franchise relationship has begun. A majority of courts, applying state contract law, have held that these clauses are unenforceable due to a lack of consideration, making the contract illusory. However, courts still come to different conclusions because each court has to follow state contract law. The United States Supreme Court’s holding on this issue might not be able to have full effect because the Federal Arbitration Act requires that courts rely on state law. The Seventh …
Interlocutory Review Of Litigation-Avoidance Claims: Insights From Appeals Under The Federal Arbitration Act, Roger J. Perlstadt
Interlocutory Review Of Litigation-Avoidance Claims: Insights From Appeals Under The Federal Arbitration Act, Roger J. Perlstadt
Akron Law Review
Part I of this article outlines and critiques current law on stays pending appeal of refusals to enforce purported arbitration agreements. Part II proposes a simple analysis of expected error costs to determine whether to stay litigation pending interlocutory appeal of rejections of litigationavoidance claims. This analysis looks to (1) potential harm to plaintiffs of erroneously staying litigation pending appeal, (2) potential harm to defendants of erroneously refusing to stay litigation pending appeal, and (3) the likelihood of each of those types of harms arising, which is based on the likelihood that the district court’s denial of the litigation avoidance …
Interlocutory Review Of Litigation-Avoidance Claims: Insights From Appeals Under The Federal Arbitration Act, Roger J. Perlstadt
Interlocutory Review Of Litigation-Avoidance Claims: Insights From Appeals Under The Federal Arbitration Act, Roger J. Perlstadt
Akron Law Review
Part I of this article outlines and critiques current law on stays pending appeal of refusals to enforce purported arbitration agreements. Part II proposes a simple analysis of expected error costs to determine whether to stay litigation pending interlocutory appeal of rejections of litigationavoidance claims. This analysis looks to (1) potential harm to plaintiffs of erroneously staying litigation pending appeal, (2) potential harm to defendants of erroneously refusing to stay litigation pending appeal, and (3) the likelihood of each of those types of harms arising, which is based on the likelihood that the district court’s denial of the litigationavoidance claim …
Vacating Awards Under The Wisconsin Arbitration Act And The Federal Arbitration Act, Ralph Anzivino
Vacating Awards Under The Wisconsin Arbitration Act And The Federal Arbitration Act, Ralph Anzivino
Marquette Law Review
Arbitration has become one of the primary means for parties to resolve their legal disputes. Unlike a court proceeding, however, the grounds for vacating an arbitration award are quite narrow and specific. The purpose of this Article is to identify and explain the five major ways to vacate an arbitration award under the Federal Arbitration Act and the Wisconsin Arbitration Act. The first way is to challenge whether the parties contractually agreed to arbitrate the dispute. The specific challenge is to the scope of the contract or the scope of the arbitration clause in the contract. The second is to …
Foreign Investment In The People's Republic Of China: Compensation Trade, Joint Ventures, Industrial Property Protection And Dispute Settlement, Kevin K. Maher
Foreign Investment In The People's Republic Of China: Compensation Trade, Joint Ventures, Industrial Property Protection And Dispute Settlement, Kevin K. Maher
Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law
No abstract provided.
Is The Albert H Kritzer Database Telling Us More Than We Know?, Thomas Neumann
Is The Albert H Kritzer Database Telling Us More Than We Know?, Thomas Neumann
Pace International Law Review
This article is the first in a series of articles attempting to provide a geographical and temporal overview of the application practice of the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG). In this first article, the success of CISG is explored. The article develops the idea of using the Albert H. Kritzer Database to achieve an overview of the success of the Convention in practice. It is argued that the success of the Convention is useful to measure by its uniformity in practice, and therefore a set of criteria relating to the Convention’s application by …
Criminal Responsibility For Arbitrators In Chinese Law: Perversion Of Law In Commercial Arbitration, Duan Xiaosong
Criminal Responsibility For Arbitrators In Chinese Law: Perversion Of Law In Commercial Arbitration, Duan Xiaosong
Pace International Law Review
This article is prompted by a recent Chinese criminal provision governing the impartiality of arbitration. The goals of the article fare to critically examine the new criminal statute created by the provision and to put forward some proposals for reform, which could be employed to resolve the tension that exists between arbitrator impartiality and deference to arbitration. Although the new provision appears to eliminate the abuse of arbitral power, it may raise more questions than it resolves. This article explores the problems and undertakes a comparative analysis of the corresponding U.S. provision, as well as an analysis of some cultural …
Employee Beware! Employment Agreements And What The Technology Related Employee Should Know And Understand Before Signing That Agreement: A Practical Guide, Louis J. Papa
Touro Law Review
No abstract provided.
When Arbitration Agreement Provisions Time Travel: Illusory Promises And Continued At-Will Employment In Baker, Richard C. Byrd
When Arbitration Agreement Provisions Time Travel: Illusory Promises And Continued At-Will Employment In Baker, Richard C. Byrd
Missouri Law Review
First, this Note discusses the particular facts of the Baker case, including its procedural history and holding. Then, the history of salient cases and law is covered in three main areas related to Baker, specifically the concept of arbitrability, at-will employment’s status as effective consideration, and when courts find promises to be illusory. Following that, this Note summarizes the court’s decision in Baker and its lengthy and thorough dissent. Finally, this note discusses the significance of this case in relation to both the history of the topics involved and their application going forward.
Product Liability Law In Japan: An Introduction To A Developing Area Of Law, Younghee Jin Ottley, Bruce L. Ottley
Product Liability Law In Japan: An Introduction To A Developing Area Of Law, Younghee Jin Ottley, Bruce L. Ottley
Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law
No abstract provided.
Jackson V. Payday Financial, Llc., Hannah S. Cail
Jackson V. Payday Financial, Llc., Hannah S. Cail
Public Land & Resources Law Review
In Jackson v. Payday Financial, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals held loan a provision requiring arbitration in tribal court was unreasonable and substantially and procedurally unconscionable. The Court rejected Payday’s argument that the dispute belonged in tribal court, because there was no subject matter jurisdiction over Plaintiffs’ claims, and the defendants did not raise a colorable claim for tribal jurisdiction or tribal exhaustion.
“Islamic Law” In Us Courts: Judicial Jihad Or Constitutional Imperative?, Faisal Kutty
“Islamic Law” In Us Courts: Judicial Jihad Or Constitutional Imperative?, Faisal Kutty
Pepperdine Law Review
At the beginning of 2014, about a dozen states introduced or re-introduced bills to ban the use of Sharī’ah law. They hope to join the seven states that have ostensibly banned it to date. Anti-Sharī’ah advocates have cited a number of cases to back their tenuous claim that Sharī’ah is stealthily sneaking in through the doctrine of comity, but a close examination of the cases they cite contradicts their claim. Comity, when one court defers to the jurisdiction of another, has been accepted and denied based on legal principles and public policy, on a case-by-case basis. There is no creeping …
The Great And Powerful Faa: Why Schwab’S Class Action Waiver Should Have Been Enforced Over Finra’S Rules, Clint Hale
The Great And Powerful Faa: Why Schwab’S Class Action Waiver Should Have Been Enforced Over Finra’S Rules, Clint Hale
Pepperdine Law Review
This Comment argues that recent Supreme Court precedent, circuit court decisions in contexts similar to FINRA’s oversight of the securities industry, and investors’ true interests all instruct that Schwab’s class action waiver should have been enforced over FINRA’s contrary command. Part II discusses FINRA’s role in the securities industry, the FAA and recent Supreme Court precedent interpreting the FAA, and the FINRA Rules that Schwab’s class action and joinder waiver violated. Part III analyzes why the conflict between the FAA and FINRA’s rules should have been resolved in favor of the FAA and supports this argument with discussion of federal …
Arbitration Of Islamic Financial Disputes, Dr. Aida Maita
Arbitration Of Islamic Financial Disputes, Dr. Aida Maita
Annual Survey of International & Comparative Law
Using arbitration as a means of resolving Islamic finance disputes is gaining popularity in the Middle East, as well as in other Muslim States in South-East Asia and Africa. This is evident in the number of studies and articles that have been presented on this subject by Islamic finance experts and the legal community at large. Major arbitration institutions in the region are also positioning themselves to cater to this industry’s growing demand for dispute resolutions because many of these disputes tend to be of high profile and value. While the industry historically has preferred litigation over adjudication, and non-Islamic …
Religious Law, Family Law And Arbitration: Shari'a And Halakha In America, Mohammad H. Fadel
Religious Law, Family Law And Arbitration: Shari'a And Halakha In America, Mohammad H. Fadel
Chicago-Kent Law Review
The possibility that Muslims might use private arbitration as a forum in which their family law disputes could be settled according to the principles of Islamic law has generated substantial controversy, with one liberal democracy, Canada, even taking affirmative steps to insure that religious-based arbitration of family law disputes are denied legal recognition. This paper argues that such moves are ill-considered. From the perspective of political liberalism, the arbitration of family law disputes within a framework of religious law, provided that the arbitration is subject to review by a public court for conformity with public policy, is an ideal tool …
Faith-Based Private Arbitration As A Model For Preserving Rights And Values In A Pluralistic Society, Michael J. Broyde
Faith-Based Private Arbitration As A Model For Preserving Rights And Values In A Pluralistic Society, Michael J. Broyde
Chicago-Kent Law Review
This article discusses private arbitration in religious and values-oriented communities. Using contract law as the foundation for arbitration law, religious arbitration panels can function almost like courts so long as the government can assure basic fairness and proper procedures, while allowing the parties to resolve their private dispute as the parties wish. This article explains that to be enforced, these private courts must meet the procedural requirements set by the Federal Arbitration Act, but American arbitration law is not generally concerned with the substantive law used by these tribunals, although this article recommends practices that religious tribunals ought to adopt …
Between Law And Religion: Procedural Challenges To Religious Arbitration Awards, Michael A. Helfand
Between Law And Religion: Procedural Challenges To Religious Arbitration Awards, Michael A. Helfand
Chicago-Kent Law Review
This Article explores the unique status of religious law as a hybrid concept that simultaneously retains the characteristics of both law and religion. To do so, the Article considers as a case study how courts should evaluate procedural challenges to religious arbitration awards. To respond to such challenges, courts must treat religious law as law when defining the contractually adopted religious procedural rules, but treat religious law as religion when reviewing precisely what the religious procedural rules require. On this account, constitutional and arbitration doctrine combine to insulate religious arbitration awards from judicial scrutiny even on procedural grounds, leaving courts …
Kompetenz-Kompetenz: Varying Approaches And A Proposal For A Limited Form Of Negative Kompetenz-Kompetenz, Ashley Cook
Kompetenz-Kompetenz: Varying Approaches And A Proposal For A Limited Form Of Negative Kompetenz-Kompetenz, Ashley Cook
Pepperdine Law Review
This paper analyzes differing views and approaches to kompetenz-kompetenz and proposes a workable framework of kompetenz-kompetenz for the future. Part II provides an overview of the general principle of kompetenz-kompetenz, discussing the views of some of the leading international commercial arbitration scholars on kompetenz-kompetenz. Part III analyzes the approaches taken by the United States and the United Kingdom and uses them as helpful illustrations of kompetenz-kompetenz in practice. Part IV notes the shortcomings of the aforementioned approaches and proposes a limited form of negative kompetenz-kompetenz as the solution.
Is International Arbitration Universal?, Halil Rahman Basaran
Is International Arbitration Universal?, Halil Rahman Basaran
ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law
Due to diversity in parties to (e.g., states, international organizations, corporations and indivduals) and subjects of (e.g., state responsibility, investment, commercial transaction, violation of the international commercial contract) international arbitration, it would seem cogent to argue that international arbitration is comprised of many types.
The Problem With Frand: How The Licensing Commitments Of Standard-Setting Organizations Result In The Misvaluing Of Patents, David Arsego
The Problem With Frand: How The Licensing Commitments Of Standard-Setting Organizations Result In The Misvaluing Of Patents, David Arsego
Brooklyn Journal of International Law
Standard-setting organizations (SSOs) are bodies that oversee the development of technical standards. Technical standards are common technological designs that are used across a variety of platforms, for instance LTE, which is utilized throughout the mobile phone industry. Members of SSOs contribute different pieces of technology to an ultimate design, and if a patent covers the technology, it is called a standard-essential patent (SEP). SSOs require their members to license these patents to each other on fair, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory (FRAND) terms. This Note analyzes the FRAND requirement and the different ways that courts and private parties interpret it. The ambiguity …
Minding The Gap: A Call For Standardizing Pre-Dispute Arbitration Clauses In Otc Derivative Transactions, Zachary E. Davison
Minding The Gap: A Call For Standardizing Pre-Dispute Arbitration Clauses In Otc Derivative Transactions, Zachary E. Davison
NYLS Law Review
No abstract provided.
Breaking “Too Darn Bad”: Restoring The Balance Between Freedom Of Contract And Consumer Protection, Stephanie Drotar
Breaking “Too Darn Bad”: Restoring The Balance Between Freedom Of Contract And Consumer Protection, Stephanie Drotar
NYLS Law Review
No abstract provided.
International Arbitration, Judicial Education, And Legal Elites, Catherine A. Rogers
International Arbitration, Judicial Education, And Legal Elites, Catherine A. Rogers
Journal of Dispute Resolution
This essay sketches an account of how investment arbitration affects development of local legal institutions, in particular domestic courts. When investment arbitration is introduced into a local legal environment, it becomes integrated with international commercial arbitration, and often domestic arbitration. This integration occurs because the local economic elites, private law firms, and local businesses that deal with (or compete with) foreign investors and investment arbitration disputes also deal with international commercial matters, international commercial disputes, and domestic arbitration.