When a patient seeks care at an in-network facility but inadvertently is treated by an out-of-network provider whom they did not choose, the unexpected bill that can result is known as a “surprise ...

In the past few months, New Jersey courts have provided guidance to transactional lawyers drafting agreements with arbitration clauses. Employers cannot bury the arbitration provision, as part of a ...

Many types of contracts require the parties to submit their disputes to arbitration. For example, arbitration clauses are common in consumer agreements, such as car leases and gym memberships. While a ...

May 21, 2019, marks the one-year anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis, which upheld the use of class action waivers in employee arbitration agreements. In a ...

QWe bought our house about a year ago and recently discovered a number of defects that were not disclosed to us by the sellers. For example, we were told that the electricity had been upgraded, but it ...

In some states -- California, Florida and Virginia, for example -- arbitration agreements are used in the majority of deals. In California, considered one of the most active states with regard to ...

The U.S. Senate, by voice vote alone, voted Feb. 10 to pass the Ending Forced Arbitration for Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act, also called the #MeToo bill. Earlier that week, a version of the ...

“It is equitable to be patient under wrong (not to retaliate); to be willing that a difference shall be settled by discussion rather than by force; to agree to arbitration rather than to go to court, ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is moving forward with its costly arbitration rule, which would limit the use of class-action waivers in various consumer agreements. What does that mean?