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Examples for matters which cannot be referred to arbitration are (i) family law matters such as divorce, patrimony or adoption, disputes concerning personal or marital status; and (ii) public law disputes such as criminal cases.
Civil disputesCommercial disputes involving business disputes, consumer transactions, boundary disputes and tortious claims are arbitrable and fall under the jurisdiction of the arbitration.
Does the law apply to arbitration agreements that have been signed prior to the law's enactment? Yes. The law applies retroactively to all existing arbitration agreements, even to those agreements signed before the law was enacted.
In 1991, the Supreme Court reaffirmed the position that an arbitration clause may survive expiration of the agreement containing the clause.
If an employee can show some substantial relationship between the fraud committed or the misrepresentation made by the employer and the arbitration agreement, a court will void the agreement.
Yes, it is possible for arbitration clauses to apply to claims that predate the contract containing the arbitration clause at issue. Retroactive application of an arbitration clause depends on the language of the arbitration provision and applicable substantive law.
Mandatory binding arbitration is a private proceeding to settle disagreements between two parties. Parties to a contract agree to have their case reviewed by a third partycalled an arbitratorand to be bound by the arbitrator's decision.
What is an arbitration agreement? Arbitration agreements require that persons who signed them resolve any disputes by binding arbitration, rather than in court before a judge and/or jury.
Under the Armendariz standards, an arbitration agreement will not be enforced in California if it is both "procedurally unconscionable" and "substantively unconscionable." Any arbitration agreement required as a condition of employment (i.e., any mandatory arbitration agreement) is automatically considered procedurally