Arbitration Agreement Drafting Pitfalls: Vague or imprecise language regarding discovery, confidentiality, neutral ...

Health care providers may favor arbitration due to the perception that it is a faster, less expensive alternative to litigation. State and federal policy favors arbitration for the same reasons.

This article briefly reiterates the key items that generally have been included in an arbitration agreement and then reflects on some of the newer matters to be considered. The events of the past ...

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 ...

An Ohio appeals court just stripped an employer of its arbitration right – because the company waited too long to use it. The ...

After litigation and multiple public comment periods, the new Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services rule for arbitration agreements went into effect on Sept. 16, 2019. Long-term care providers ...

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 ...

A federal appeals court handed employers a big arbitration win, blocking a tactic that threatened to wipe out hundreds of agreements at once. On April 1, 2026, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth ...

Did you sign away some constitutional rights when you bought a new car, major appliance or even a service? Binding arbitration clauses are very common, but you may want to preserve your rights and ...

A state appeals court denied a nursing home’s bid for arbitration in a wrongful death lawsuit, ruling that the resident who ...

Chris Micheli is a Principal with the Sacramento governmental relations firm of Aprea & Micheli, Inc. Arbitration agreements and non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) have recently been in the news due to ...

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