It’s midnight and you’re in the final stages of negotiation in a complex international transaction. It’s probably a safe bet that the last thing on your mind is dispute resolution and whether the ...

Last year a firestorm erupted after General Mills, the maker of Bisquick, Cheerios, and other food brands, changed the legal terms on its website, requiring that all disputes related to the purchase ...

In the category of adding insult to injury — or perhaps piling one injury on top of another — Wells Fargo is an expert. Nothing demonstrates that more than the bank’s insistence on forcing the victims ...

If you use the Venmo app, you probably recently received an email explaining that the company is making changes to its user agreement — including a fairly onerous arbitration clause that, among other ...

So you’ve heard about Apple’s new credit card, and you want to give it a try. Before you sign on the dotted line, there is at least one aspect of Apple’s agreement (besides any fees and percentage ...

(WXYZ) — Whether you realize it or not, there’s a good chance you have given up your right to take problems –– even serious ones –– with a product or ...

January 4, 2024 - On Dec. 5, 2023, the Office of the Investor Advocate (OIAD) published its Report on Activities for the Fiscal Year 2023, an annual report it submits to Congress regarding the ...

The recent decision in Stoker v. Blue Origin, LLC is the latest entry in a long line of cases informing the scope and breadth of mandatory ...

An anticipated SEC report on the inclusion of mandated arbitration clauses in contracts for clients of registered investment advisors—released this week by the U.S. House Committee on ...

The Mental Health Matters Act would, among other things, ban forced arbitration clauses, class action waivers, discretionary clauses, and representation waivers in ERISA-governed plans. The Mental ...