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ContractsProf Blog
Mandatory arbitration clauses in employment: Assessing the risks
Clauses that require arbitration of all employer-employee disputes are becoming ever more common in employment contracts. In a new essay, A Risk-Based Approach to Mandatory Arbitration, Scott Baker (North Carolina)…
ContractsProf Blog
Cases—Arbitration Clauses—Not compelled where minority of parties had signed agreements
Twenty residents of a trailer park who had signed arbitration agreements were not required to arbitrate because they were joint plaintiffs with 49 others who had not signed such agreements,…
Supreme Court Update
Archer v. Warner (01-1418), Branch v. Smith (01-1437)
In an unusual move, the Court issued two opinions today along with its usual Monday order list. In general, the Court releases opinions on Tuesdays or Wednesdays, but perhaps to avoid…
Supreme Court Update
Howsam v. Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc. (01-800), United States v. Bean (01-704), Abdur’Rahman v. Bell (01-9094)
Three decisions today. Well, really, two decisions and one “resolution”: the Court issued decisions in United States v. Bean and Howsam v. Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc., and “digged” (dismissed as improvidently granted) Abdur’Rahman v.…
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Missouri Court of Appeals Holds that Numerous Small Claims Aggregated into a Single Large Claim Were Still Subject to Contract Provision for Arbitration of Small Claims
By Constructlaw
Fru-Con Constr. Co. v. Southwestern Redevelopment Corp. II, 1995 Mo. App. LEXIS 1443 (Mo. Ct. App. Aug. 15, 1995) Arbitration Claims Limit - The Contractor submitted a $20 million claim…