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Alternative Dispute Resolution

Aug. 9, 2001

Agency and Contract

A nonsignatory who ought to be included for the complete resolution of a dispute, they should be expressly included in the arbitration clause.

        By Richard Chernick
        
        Because arbitration is a matter of contract, someone who is not a party to the arbitration agreement usually cannot be compelled to arbitrate. AT&T Technologies Inc. v. Communications Workers of Am., 475 U.S. 643 (1986); Grundstad v. Ritt, 106 F.3d 201 (7th Cir. 1997) (guarantor wh...

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