That the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA), state arbitration statutes and courts generally favor arbitration provisions in contracts is well-recognized. But what if the contract containing the ...

Would it be ethical for a lawyer to draft an employment contract in which a fast food worker is paid not with money, but only in burgers and fries? What if the lawyer's client—the employer—asked for ...

The New Jersey Supreme Court has ruled that a provision of a consumer contract requiring arbitration of disputes is unenforceable because it used confusing and contradictory language. Home Warranty ...

Contracts written by employers and landlords often result in second parties—employees and tenants—facing unfair terms because these documents contain unreasonable or ambiguous clauses, leaving the ...

Our neighbor said that my cousin, who already left to work abroad, obtained a loan from him that was left unpaid. He claimed that I am bound to pay for it because my cousin allegedly told him that I ...

Imoved to Lake County in late spring of 1989. At that time, there were a number of articles about a contract that recently had been awarded to Ogden Corp. for the construction, operation and eventual ...