Car Dealership Faces State Justices Over Arbitration Agreement

California Supreme Court justices considered Tuesday whether a car dealership’s hard-to-read arbitration agreement rises to ...
JD Supra

Lead Gen Terms Ruled Insufficient to Enforce Arbitration Agreement

The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals recently affirmed a lower court ruling that a TCPA related arbitration clause contained ...
Law

Are Browsewrap Arbitration Agreements Enforceable?

Any cursory legal research would have uncovered the Pennsylvania Superior Court's recent opinion in Chilutti v. Uber Technologies, No. 1023 EDA 2021, 2022 PA Super 172 (Pa. Super. Oct. 12, 2022).
Law

Attorney-Client Arbitration Agreements: The Next Chapter

In Delaney v. Dickey, 244 N.J. 466 (2020), our Supreme Court held that attorney-client retainer agreements may include a clause providing for arbitration of fee disputes and legal malpractice claims.
HR Dive

Court won’t enforce arbitration agreement because employee signed ‘No refused’

Arbitration agreements are considered contracts, and state law generally governs whether an enforceable contract exists, the 11th Circuit pointed out. Under Florida law, the party seeking enforcement ...
McKnight's Long-Term Care News

Ask the legal expert: How can we use arbitration agreements?

Q: What kind of restrictions do we have regarding arbitration agreements as part of the admissions process? A: Although the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has recognized the benefits of ...
JD Supra

CMS Updates to Appendix PP of the State Operations Manual – Arbitration Agreements

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a revised CMS State Operations Manual (SOM) Appendix PP on June 29, 2022, that became effective on October 24, 2022. The updates are ...
Marketplace

Arbitration agreements are hiding in those terms and conditions you don’t read

Earlier this week, Disney backed down from its claim that a man whose wife died at Disney World could not take the company to court because he had signed away his right to sue when he signed up for a ...
The National Law Review

Arbitration Agreement Was Not Substantively Unconscionable

We collaborate with the world's leading lawyers to deliver news tailored for you. Sign Up for any (or all) of our 25+ Newsletters. Some states have laws and ethical rules regarding solicitation and ...
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Nursing home found to violate CMS arbitration agreement rule, could face litigation

An Arkansas nursing home cannot enforce an arbitration agreement, a state circuit court has ruled, leaving the provider open to a possible lawsuit from a resident who alleges medical malpractice and ...
HR Dive

BJ’s Restaurant arbitration agreement was valid without employer’s signature, 5th Cir. holds

Employers generally don’t have to countersign an arbitration agreement for it to be enforceable under Texas law, absent any explicit language in the agreement requiring the signature, the 5th U.S.