Arbitration & Mediation

50 Ways to Leave Your Dating Service Arbitration Agreement

By Victoria Pynchon

You just slip out the back, Jack
Make a new plan, Stan
You don’t need to be coy, Roy
Just get yourself free
Hop on the bus, Gus
You don’t need to discuss much
Just drop off the key, Lee
And get yourself free 
  

Where matchmaking service moved to compel arbitration of clients’ action alleging that  "consulting agreements" were fraudulently induced, and agreements were [within a] class of contracts regulated by state law expressly rendering nonconforming contracts void and unenforceable, agreements’ failure to expressly set forth language required under dating service statutes--Civil Code Sec. 1694, et seq.--rendered [them] and [the] arbitration provisions [contained in them] unenforceable. Duffens v. Valenti - filed March 27, 2008, Fourth District, Div. One Cite as 2008 SOS 1811

Full post as published by Settle It Now Negotiation Blog on March 27, 2008 (boomark / email).