Sentences with phrase «arbitration clause makes»

With respect to your second paragraph question: a broad arbitration clause makes more things potentially available for a party to bring to arbitration.

Not exact matches

Hobson and her coworkers expected to have their day in court, but because Murphy Oil had made Hobson and the other workers sign forced arbitration clauses upon hiring, the company demanded that they drop their group complaint and enter into individual arbitrations.

The reason is that there are so many risks: government regulations of short - selling (SEC Rule 204), special government regulations put in place during market panics (e.g. the 2008 SEC ban on short selling financials), forced buy - ins, unlimited losses, debt to the brokerage, interest one is charged for being short which can vary arbitrarily, brokerages could change margin requirements to any arbitrary amount, arbitration clauses, you agree to indemnify the brokerage for anything it did even if it did the wrong thing, some brokerages also do market - making and thus have further incentive to fleece the client, and all the other «screw you» legal language that you agreed to when opening an account.

Study makes the case against credit card arbitration — Millions of consumers have been forced to accept arbitration clauses in case of disputes, but few understand them, says a new study... (See CFBP arbitration study)

Employers devise contracts of adhesion, where they make employees sign an arbitration clause in order to get the job.

The Supreme Court of Canada has made it clear that the Court will enforce mandatory arbitration clauses unless it is clear that the dispute falls outside the scope of the clause.

Under the Illinois Nursing Home Care Act, arbitration clauses were considered to undermine the purpose of the act by making it mandatory for residents and their families to abide by a confusing nursing home contract on admission to a nursing home.

As in many situations, the admission contracts of nursing home residents encounter clauses within that contract that makes arbitration mandatory should disputes of any kind arise.

It was very informative and thoughtful as he introduced a practical approach of making mediation a part of the arbitration protocol by educating the legal community through the cooperation of all arbitration centers in Asia, of the importance of inserting the ARB - MED - ARB clause for all commercial contracts.

(a) if the regulations made under clause (1)(a) provide for the continuation of the office of the director of arbitrations appointed under section 6 as that section read immediately before being repealed by section 2 of Schedule 3 to the Fighting Fraud and Reducing Automobile Insurance Rates Act, 2014, provide for that official to continue to be a member of the Financial Services Commission of Ontario, despite subsection 2 (2) of the Financial Services Commission of Ontario Act, 1997;

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[t] he choice to restrict or not to restrict arbitration clauses in consumer contracts is a matter for the legislature», and many legislators in Europe, South - America, and Africa have made the choice to protect consumers by outlawing such clauses... At least, that was the goal.

Uber's arbitration clause does not mention whether Uber is likewise subject to arbitration in the event that it wants to sue, making the clause appear to be unilateral rather than bilateral.

The Court determined that the arbitration clause in the first agreement was not applicable because the second agreement superseded the first and because no allegations were made with respect to the first agreement.

The court looked at the contract and determined that the clause containing the arbitration language was buried in a large block of text, making it far from clear what Mrs. Alicea was giving up when she signed the contract.

Last year, the English Court of Appeal's decision in Jivraj v Hashwani sparked widespread concern among many in the arbitration community that «nationality» provisions in arbitration clauses (including those in the ICC and LCIA Rules, incorporated by reference into countless contracts) might be void under English law, in relation to appointments made in the UK.

The absence of those latter explicit statements made the clause inadequate to meet the law's requirements, which meant it wasn't a valid waiver, and the employer wasn't entitled to demand arbitration.

I can review the contracts and discuss important features such as arbitration clauses, forum - selection clauses, insurance requirements, indemnity provisions, and similar language so that you have a full understanding of what's happening and can make an informed decision.

An arbitration clause may make the arbitration mandatory or voluntary.

For instance, a clause might not be considered an arbitration agreement under the 1996 Act if it does not permit the arbitrator to make decisions that are binding on the parties (Turville Heath Inc v Chartis Insurance UK Ltd [2012] EWHC 3019 (TCC)-RRB-.

In Italy you can make use of arbitration for the resolution of disputes if it has previously been a written clause in the contract, which delegates resolution to the dispute.

Clause 27.1 makes it quite clear that the curial law which regulates the procedure to be adopted in conducting the arbitration would be the SIAC Rules.

Here are some highlights on the predictions offered by the panelists: 1) class actions are not going away; 2) the continued growth of mass commerce will continue to spawn class action litigation; 3) Justice Scalia's death will have a significant impact on class action jurisprudence going forward and the judiciary is likely to get less friendly to defendants in the short - term; 4) technology will make a big difference for the better in managing class action litigation; 5) defendants will continue to come up with creative, far - reaching ways of limiting class actions; 6) plaintiffs» attorneys will continue to bring class actions when a) they think they can make money and / or b) they think they will advance the public good; 7) there will be some good class actions and some horrible ones; 8) look out for states to pass new consumer protection laws similar to the New Jersey New Jersey Truth - in - Consumer Contract, Warranty and Notice Act (TCCWNA); 9) the TCPA and all - natural litigation booms will continue in the near future; 10) The CFPB will broadly define consumer finance services; 11) more class actions will go to trial; 12) what happens with the enforceability of arbitration clauses will have a big impact on the viability of many categories of class actions in the future; 13) look for more class actions in the federal courts in New York state.

That is because, under the particular language of the contract in which the arbitration clause is found, the claim may be «discovered» before or at the very time when the claim is made.

Clause 27.2 makes it clear that the seat of arbitration would be Singapore.

The benefit of having an arbitration clause in an agreement is that where one party refuses to participate, an arbitrator can make a binding and enforceable decision in their absence.