The Federal Arbitration Act requires courts to enforce clauses in commercial contracts that require arbitration of disputes. The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that transportation workers engaged in interstate commerce are exempt from the Act. For other types of workers, the effect of the Supreme Court ruling was to reaffirm the enforceability of mandatory arbitration provisions in agreements entered into by workers engaged in interstate commerce. Continue reading
Category Archives: BUSINESS LAW
Contracting with Subcontractors
Audio – Part 2
In this segment, I will address the issues of Noncircumvention, Work for Hire and the need for liability insurance. Continue reading
Contracting with Subcontractors
Audio – Part 1
For those of you who missed my recent speaking engagement to the INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS USA, I wanted to provide some of the key information that was addressed at that meeting. My topic was about the “Top 10 Contractual Legal Issues Faced When Using Subcontractors” and explored multiple legal issues encountered when using subcontractors for you business. Continue reading
Arbitration Agreements Can Go Too Far
Strong public policies support the appropriate use of arbitration over litigation in settling legal disputes and, in fact, such policies underlie the Federal Arbitration Act. That said, an agreement to arbitrate disputes is subject to well established principles rooted in … Continue reading
Employees Win Benefit Protections
A major health services company with thousands of employees overhauled its pension plan some years ago. As it explained to the employees at the time, their then existing benefits would all be converted into a hypothetical lump sum, which would … Continue reading