arbitration clause

Only the arbitration clause itself could be challenged in court first.

Fraud was also well within the scope of the arbitration clause, he wrote.

My clients cross out such arbitration clauses as a matter of standard business practice.

They also signed a contract with an arbitration clause.

"I think that this arbitration clause is beyond challenge."

Therefore, if a dispute arises, the arbitration clause is not part of the contract.

However, at times the government has been known to step in regardless of arbitration clauses and force its own remedies.

The use of arbitration clauses in consumer contracts has been controversial.

Critics had complained that the arbitration clause was buried in the contracts, among other things.

The decision today extended the enforceability of arbitration clauses to the 1933 act as well.

But in other instances consumers do not have the option of striking arbitration clauses.

Typically, the validity of an arbitration clause is decided by a court rather than an arbitrator.

This sounds way too much like mandatory arbitration clauses.

Recent court decisions have generally upheld such agreements, known as mandatory arbitration clauses.

As a result, States cannot disfavor arbitration clauses in most employment contracts.

These arbitration clauses prohibit consumers or employees from raising any claim in court.

Section 8 prohibits any compulsory arbitration clause in an insurance contract.

This decision effectively meant that the mandatory arbitration clause in her contract did not apply.

Arbitration clauses, however, are not required by law.

Arbitration clauses in employment contracts used to be rare.

Nor was the arbitration clause limited to contractual claims.

The validity of arbitration clauses in the US is not a settled legal matter.

The regulations also required brokers to tell customers about the legal effects of mandatory arbitration clauses.

The company, relying on the arbitration clause, argued that the action should be stayed until the case had been heard by an arbitrator.

There was no reason to ignore the general presumption that parties who agree to an arbitration clause should be held to their bargain.