Alternative Dispute Resolution
Apr. 10, 2003
Act Attempts to Put Arbitration Agreements on Equal Footing
Focus Column - Alternative Dispute Resolution - By Richard Chernick - The Federal Arbitration Act applies to contracts "evidencing a transaction involving commerce." 9 U.S.C. Section 2. That section also provides that arbitration provisions shall be enforced "save upon such grounds as exist at law or in equity for the revocation of any contract." Thus, a court may refuse to enforce an arbitration agreement on the basis of generally applicable contract law principles, such as fraud, duress or
Alternative Dispute Resolution
By Richard Chernick
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