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Litigation & Arbitration

Apr. 1, 2022

Relief for Indigent Parties Facing the Cost of Arbitration

Ogochukwu Victor Onwaeze

Principal
Onwaeze Law Group

Phone: (213) 738-5066

Email: onwaeze@aol.com

Ogochukwu Victor Onwaeze is the principal of Onwaeze Law Group, APC focusing on civil litigation

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The increased insertion of arbitration clauses in consumer contracts have caused courts in recent years to whittle down the applicability of arbitration clauses on unconscionability grounds. In the absence of this, courts usually uphold the validity of the arbitration clause.

Sometimes, the plaintiff, ignoring the arbitration clause, files suit in the Civil Court. The defendant then moves to compel arbitration pursuant to section 1281.2 of...

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