This article examines Kahn Lucas Lancaster, Inc. v. Lark International, Ltd. and KKW Enterprises, Inc. v. Gloria Jean's Gourmet Coffees.

Pre-dispute arbitration agreements are those agreements between an employer and an employee that require an em.

This article concerns recent court decisions that effect an employers need to carefully reassess their programs requiring mandatory arbitration of employment claims.

A Carrollton-based designer and builder of electrical power plants has been contacted by a regional government entity to build a power plant in the Ukraine using local labor. While the project sounds lucrative, the prospect of labor strikes, corruption, red tape, delays, withdrawal of government approval and the ability to enforce breaches and delays raises concerns.

The Alabama state law policies favoring judicial determination of "arbitrability" clearly conflict with the Eleventh Circuit's policy preferences favoring arbitration and its emphasis on the parties' presumptive assent. This conflict may be of particular interest in the construction context, in light of the numerous lawsuits brought under Alabama's harsh qualification statutes.

This article reviews Armendariz v. Foundation Health Psychcare Services whereby the California Supreme Court analyzed the enforceability of arbitration agreements and added a new criterion for determining whether arbitration agreements required as a condition of employment are enforceable.

In a surprise ruling, the Arizona Supreme Court has declined to enforce arbitration agreements made between an employer and its employees. The initial reading of the Court's ruling in North Valley Emergency Specialists v. Superior Court appears to be a significant blow to employers' ability to enforce arbitration agreements to resolve employment disputes. A detailed reading of the Court's decision, however, establishes that the ruling only addresses the application of the Arizona Uniform Arbitration Act ("AUAA") to arbitration agreements between employers and employees. The Court did not address the enforceability of those arbitration agreements based on Federal statute and common law. Consequently, the Court's narrow holding leaves employers with the ability to continue to enforcement arbitration agreements in Arizona.