Perspective
Mar. 24, 2016
Letter to the editor: Flawed FAA rulings
A recent column presents an excellent account of how the U.S. Supreme Court continues to follow flawed rationale in affirming mandatory arbitration. By William M. Crosby
Felix Shafir's column, "FAA trumps state law, again" (March 16, 2016), presents an excellent account of how the U.S. Supreme Court in AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion, 563 U.S. 333 (2011), continued to follow its earlier flawed rationale in Gilmer v. Interstate/Johnson Lane Corp., 500 U.S. 20 (1991), in affirming mandatory arbitration. These decisions describe the preemptive scope of the Federal Arbitration Act in compelling arbitratio...
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