Finally, 20.9 percent (18 of 86) of the
arbitration clauses in the
In that case, the Supreme Court ruled that
arbitration clauses in the employment contracts of three different employers were enforceable as written, in particular upholding provisions waiving the employee's right to pursue a claim as a member of a class action.
In essence, courts have concluded that if parties entered into an agreement to arbitrate disputes they should defer to the parties' judgment and enforce any
arbitration clauses contained in the agreements.
Before you can even get to the actual case, you've got to beat the
arbitration clause."
The Advocate General concluded that the effectiveness of Article 101 TFEU does not, in itself and as a general principle, preclude the implementation of
arbitration clauses in the context of an action for damages for breaches of that Article.
The Defendant pleaded that the mechanism agreed upon between the parties, as per the
arbitration clause inserted in the Shareholders Agreement -- with regards to the appointment of the arbitrators -- should be duly respected.
District Court for the Southern District of New York evaluated the position that applicable state law barred the enforcement of an
arbitration clause but found that the application of federal law requiring arbitration did not contravene state law.
The Supreme Court has undermined the ability to challenge the
arbitration clauses themselves as unconscionable in its AT&T Mobile, LLP v.
Wilko,
arbitration clauses had even become common in employment
A group of insurance policy purchasers and rival insurance agents who are suing a gaggle of big insurance companies for allegedly failing to train and supervise an insurance broker who committed fraud will not be bound by a mandatory
arbitration clause in the contract between the brokerage and the insurance companies whose policies they sold, the South Carolina Supreme Court has ruled.
'Thus, even if the loan agreements with China do not contain the waiver-of-immunity provision, the
arbitration clause in the accords already imply a waiver of immunity from suit,' Agabin added.
