There are only four ways to avoid an arbitration agreement. You can prove: 1) it was never formed; 2) it was formed, but is invalid under state law; 3) the current dispute is outside the scope of it; or 4) the other party waived their right to arbitrate (through litigation conduct). Today’s post is about
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Three Blockbuster Summer Arbitration Decisions
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While regular people count down the days to summer blockbusters that come in the form of high-paid actors fighting aliens or robots, I prefer my summer blockbusters in the form of arbitration opinions that have been months in the making (maybe finally released because the clerks are about to turn over?). Today, I report on…
6th Circuit Holds that Accountants Conducting Financial Arbitration Can Also Make Legal Determinations
By Liz Kramer on
A new case from the Sixth Circuit addresses whether accountants who are resolving a dispute about payments made under an agreement can also make legal determinations about the same agreement. In a 2-1 decision, the Sixth Circuit held that the scope of the dispute clause is broad enough to allow the accountants to resolve contract…