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Arbitration agreement found unconscionable by containing waiver of substantial rights: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. VS. ABNER (COA 7/25/2008)
MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. VS. ABNER ARBITRATION AGREEMENTS: Enforceability 2007-CA-000574 PUBLISHED: AFFIRMING PANEL: DIXON PRESIDING; ACREE, TAYLOR CONCUR MADISON COUNTY DATE RENDERED: 7/25/2008 The trial court denied appellant's motion to compel arbitration finding the arbitration agreement to be unconscionable...

Attorney Fee Arbitration Program Does Not Prevent Enforcement of Valid Arbitration Agreement
The California Supreme Court recently upheld the enforcement of a valid arbitration agreement where the losing party in arbitration administered under the Mandatory Fee Arbitration Act (MFAA) appeals seeking a trial de novo...

Interesting Thought About Electronic Discovery and Arbitration
Stephen Rosenberg, who has a tremendous site, Boston Insurance and ERISA Litigation Blog, has an interesting post on the relationship between the developing law of electronic discovery and how it might actually make arbitration a better forum...

If You're Wondering What's Going on in ADR...
Take a look at the following federal and state arbitration cases: Employer Does Not Repudiate Arbitration Agreement by Refusing to Arbitrate When Employee Fails to Properly Initiate Arbitration Court Compels Arbitration Where Contract Provides that Questions of Arbitrability Will Be Decided by the ArbitratorArbitration Award Has Res Judicata Effect, Will Not Be Vacated Unless FAA Grounds for

Federal Law Preempts Oregon Law
For you non-lawyers out there, yes this sometimes happens. Lawyers really do learn useful things in law school and know things mere mortals don?t! (But not everything, so it doesn?t hurt to do your homework...

Not Valid Unless Signed
All my credit and debit cards state on the back above the signature specimen block "Not Valid Unless Signed"...

Discouraging Union Organizers
Strict work place rules

How do i go bout geting a free laywer to sue the durham police department for drug raids and nothing is found?they have been in my house 4 or 5 times seems like every 4 months or so and breaking down my door tearing up m
They need a warrant to get into your house...if they never showed you one...you ...

How to learn content of deceased parent's will?
go to the court house where your father died or the county he lived in. It is pu...

My fiance's check is DD into a local credit union. Bank seems to have a pattern of "invisibly holding" charges from the debit card until just HOURS before his DD is processed (and this is after hours, of course). Over th
Have your fiance take the information you've collected and go into the bank...

I had an account with GEMB/Select Comfort to buy a new bed back in 2005. After paying it off (in 2006), I requested they close the account. In January of 2008, I declared bankruptcy (chapter 7). The creditor was NOT list
if you did pay it off before the bankruptcy and it wasn't listed as a accou...

Do I have a case against my former employer?
Yes you have a case against them. Walmart just lost a case for several million d...

Restaurant Staff
Win Lawsuit Suit Against Employer for Infiltrating their MySpace Forum

No Signature Required
Wachovia to pay up to $125 million settlement in check cashing lawsuit.

Lipitor
Review of Studies Show No Significant Benefit in Women

Tarceva
Safety Data Show Association with Liver Failure and Death

FDA
Warns About Electronic Cigarettes

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401(k) / ERISA Stock Fraud