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Arbitration: Enforceability of Agreement to Arbitrate Disputes That Requires Plaintiff to Bear All Costs & Fees/Substantive Unconscionability

Posted by Ted A. Schmidt | Aug 17, 2021 | 0 Comments

Arbitration: Enforceability of Agreement to Arbitrate Disputes That Requires Plaintiff to Bear All Costs & Fees/Substantive Unconscionability Rizzio v. Surpass Senior Living LLC, No. CV-20-0058-PR (August 17, 2021) (J. Montgomery) https://www.azcourts.gov/Portals/0/OpinionFiles/Supreme/2021/CV2...

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Compulsory Arbitration Appeal—Sanctions

Posted by Ted A. Schmidt | Apr 04, 2019 | 0 Comments

Compulsory Arbitration Appeal—Sanctions Apodaca v. Keeling, __Ariz. Adv. Rep.__, No. 1 CA-CV 18-0416 (App. Div. I, March 19, 2019) (J. Howe) https://www.azcourts.gov/Portals/0/OpinionFiles/Div1/2019/CV%2018-0416.pdf WHERE A SINGLE COMPLAINT IS BROUGHT IN A SINGLE LAWSUIT COURT MUST EVALUATE WHE...

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Beware of the Arbitration Clause

Posted by Matt Schmidt | Jul 07, 2014 | 0 Comments

Arbitration is a form of what's called alternate dispute resolution (ADR), or a method to resolve a dispute outside of the courts. In an arbitration, the two parties involved in a dispute will present their cases to an arbitrator or panel of arbitrators, and the arbitrator or panel will then rend...

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