The Third Circuit ruled last week that Delaware’s Chancery Court could not offer its judges’ services as neutral arbitrators in its courtrooms, unless those arbitrations were open to the public.

In 2009, the Delaware courts decided to provide arbitration.  The state amended its laws to create an arbitration process that was only open to disputes

Let’s say you are considering updating your form contract, or you are in the midst of negotiating a new contract with someone.  Should you include mandatory arbitration for resolving any disputes?  Assuming you have the choice, my view is you should only include arbitration if at least one of these five factors are present:

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