Alternative Dispute Resolution
Feb. 9, 2007
Arbitrary Restrictions
FOCUS COLUMN -By Gary A. Watt - A patchwork of decisions construing arbitration agreements has made the right to contract uncertain.
By Gary A. Watt
There was a spate of arbitration decisions in California over the last year. If there is a common theme among these decisions, it is that arbitration agreements may be subject to the rules of contract, but "freedom of contract" is not entirely free.
Arbitration offers the attractive promise of swift and final resolution. H...
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