It’s midnight and you’re in the final stages of negotiation in a complex international transaction. It’s probably a safe bet that the one thing that is not keeping you awake is a concern over what law ...

It’s midnight and you’re in the final stages of negotiation in a complex international transaction. It’s probably a safe bet that the last thing on your mind is dispute resolution and whether the ...

An agreement to arbitrate can empower the parties and afford them a good deal of control over the dispute resolution process. A well-constructed arbitration clause can provide certainty by outlining ...

So you’ve heard about Apple’s new credit card, and you want to give it a try. Before you sign on the dotted line, there is at least one aspect of Apple’s agreement (besides any fees and percentage ...

If you use the Venmo app, you probably recently received an email explaining that the company is making changes to its user agreement — including a fairly onerous arbitration clause that, among other ...

January 4, 2024 - On Dec. 5, 2023, the Office of the Investor Advocate (OIAD) published its Report on Activities for the Fiscal Year 2023, an annual report it submits to Congress regarding the ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is taking a strong stance against lenders that use contract clauses that block consumers from going to court in a report released Thursday that will likely ...

In July 2018, Ronald Gorny woke up in his Chicago home and noticed a few small insects scurrying on his new upholstered headboard. Gorny pulled back the sheets to find dozens of more bugs, all ...

We are considering making an offer on a home. The thing that is troubling us is that the preprinted offer form includes a paragraph stating that any dispute that might arise between us and the sellers ...

The mandatory arbitration clauses that 61% of the nation’s 15,000 registered investment advisor firms require clients to sign benefit advisors over investors, SEC staff said in a new report sent to ...

The case is mostly on the issue of whether a part of the arbitration clause that said that any disputes over the enforceability of the arbitration clause have to be resolved in arbitration. Basically ...