One of the most confounding doctrines in federal arbitration jurisprudence is the severability doctrine. The U.S. Supreme Court has held, since Prima Paint in 1967, that courts must enforce arbitration clauses within contracts, even if the entire contract is invalid or unenforceable. (Most non-arbitration geeks don’t believe me when I tell them that’s the law.)
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Montana Finds Arbitration Agreement Unconscionable For Lack of Mutuality
By Liz Kramer on
Posted in Validity of Arbitration Agreement
March comes in like a lion, right? Well, that’s not true with respect to the weather here in Minneapolis. But it may be true with respect to arbitration decisions from around the country. This post focuses on two recent decisions from state high courts that refuse to compel arbitration.
In Global Client Solutions, LLC v.