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All Bound Up With No Place To Go: A Lack Of Individual Alternatives To Binding Arbitration Provisions For Statutory Claims, Matthew Gierse
All Bound Up With No Place To Go: A Lack Of Individual Alternatives To Binding Arbitration Provisions For Statutory Claims, Matthew Gierse
Journal of Dispute Resolution
For the greater part of the twentieth century, arbitration has played a large role in resolving disputes between unions representing employees and employers. However, during the past few decades, these employment contracts began to incorporate mandatory arbitration agreements for statutory discrimination claims, with at least one-fifth of all employees presently subject to mandatory arbitration. During this same period, courts began to broaden the ability of employees to waive their right to a judicial forum for statutory claims; Tewolde v. Owens & Minor Distribution is no exception. In 2009, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled for the first time that a union …
Is It The Real Thing: How Coke's One-Way Binding Arbitration May Bridge The Divide Between Litigation And Arbitration, Suzette M. Malveaux
Is It The Real Thing: How Coke's One-Way Binding Arbitration May Bridge The Divide Between Litigation And Arbitration, Suzette M. Malveaux
Journal of Dispute Resolution
This article is comprised of six parts. Part I introduces the topic. Part II examines the growing prevalence of compulsory pre-dispute arbitration agreements in employment contracts and the problems with such agreements. Part III describes the challenges employees face in the federal court system: higher pleading thresholds for intentional discrimination claims, the federal judiciary's current antagonism toward employee claims of discrimination (as demonstrated by recent empirical studies), and a beleaguered EEOC. Part IV describes how Coke adopted one-way binding arbitration and explores the ways in which this alternative is preferable to both mandatory arbitration and civil litigation for employees, employers, …
State Legislative Update, Gregory Cassens, Matthew D. Decker, Carly Duvall, Claire Mcguire
State Legislative Update, Gregory Cassens, Matthew D. Decker, Carly Duvall, Claire Mcguire
Journal of Dispute Resolution
The purpose of this Bill is to provide an alternative approach for individuals with a cause of action against a municipality.' Rather than the costly and time-consuming traditional method of hiring an attorney and filing a lawsuit, House Bill 2631 offers individuals an opportunity for Alternative Dispute Resolution ("ADR") in the form of arbitration. The Bill would allow any individual with a claim in contract or tort against a municipality to require the municipality to submit to the arbitration of the claim. The purpose of House Bill 2631 is to facilitate the resolution of individual claims against a city. However, …
Read The Fine Print - Alabama Supreme Court Rules That Binding Arbitration Provisions In Written Warranties Are Okay - Southern Energy Homes, Inc. V. Ard, Garrett S. Taylor
Read The Fine Print - Alabama Supreme Court Rules That Binding Arbitration Provisions In Written Warranties Are Okay - Southern Energy Homes, Inc. V. Ard, Garrett S. Taylor
Journal of Dispute Resolution
When a consumer purchases an item that includes a warranty, they generally do not read the warranty, and a consumer expects that they will have a right to a judicial forum should the warranty come into play. However, courts have recently faced the issue of whether or not binding arbitration provisions in written warranties preclude the consumer from appearing in a courtroom. The Supreme Court of Alabama, in Southern Energy Homes, Inc. v. Ard, held that inclusion of binding arbitration provisions in written warranties is acceptable, despite the intent of the MagnusonMoss Act.'
Is Binding Arbitration A Form Of Adr: An Argument That The Term Adr Has Begun To Outlive Its Usefulness, Jean R. Sternlight
Is Binding Arbitration A Form Of Adr: An Argument That The Term Adr Has Begun To Outlive Its Usefulness, Jean R. Sternlight
Journal of Dispute Resolution
While the semantic question may be uninteresting, I suggest that it is useful to ask the normative question of how we should categorize binding arbitration.'7 Again, there may be no clear "right" answer. Nevertheless, addressing the question of the appropriate categorization of binding arbitration provides a good means for rethinking the nature of binding arbitration, what we mean by ADR, and how the variety of dispute resolution techniques typically grouped together as ADR relate to litigation. Artificially grouping these disparate processes together under the "ADR" umbrella is beginning to prove problematic. While we may continue to use the phrase in …
Can The United States Be A Party To Binding Arbitration - The Constitutional Issues Re-Evaluated - Tenaska Washington Partners Ii V. The United States, Chatman Catherine
Can The United States Be A Party To Binding Arbitration - The Constitutional Issues Re-Evaluated - Tenaska Washington Partners Ii V. The United States, Chatman Catherine
Journal of Dispute Resolution
It has long been assumed that the Constitution prohibited the United States government from entering binding arbitration as a party. The Department of Justice recently re-examined the issue and concluded that there is no absolute constitutional bar to government participation in binding arbitration.' Tenaska is the first reported court decision to adopt the Department of Justice's new reasoning. The court in Tenaska Washington Partners II v. The United States held that a dispute between a private party and a governmental agency must be submitted to binding arbitration when the parties' voluntary agreement contains an arbitration clause.'
Who's Watching Out For The Children - Making Child Custody Determinable By Binding Arbitration - Dick V. Dick, Barbara E. Wilson
Who's Watching Out For The Children - Making Child Custody Determinable By Binding Arbitration - Dick V. Dick, Barbara E. Wilson
Journal of Dispute Resolution
"Many is the custody case which almost seems to outlive the parents .... To remedy this problem, many members of the legal profession advocate greater utilization of arbitration to include determination of child custody.' As state courts struggle to incorporate and interpret the Uniform Arbitration Act ("UAA") into child custody case law, the Dick case stands as the latest decision demonstrating the advantages and pitfalls of using binding arbitration to resolve custody disputes.
Court Lets Go Of The Reins: Runaway Escrow Agent Binds Principals To Arbitration Agreement - 99 Commercial Street, Inc. V. Goldberg, Karen E. Martin
Court Lets Go Of The Reins: Runaway Escrow Agent Binds Principals To Arbitration Agreement - 99 Commercial Street, Inc. V. Goldberg, Karen E. Martin
Journal of Dispute Resolution
Arbitration agreements are a step in the right direction for alternate dispute resolution. Obviously, before a court can grant a motion to compel arbitration pursuant to such an agreement, it must find that both parties are, indeed, bound by that agreement.' Although a traditional contract law analysis is ordinarily used to determine who is bound to a contract containing an arbitration provision, when an escrow agent acting on behalf of one party to a contract binds that party to an agreement to arbitrate, traditional contract law analysis must be altered to take into account the extent of an escrow agent's …