This Article is the first empirical study of the use of predispute mandatory arbitration clauses by social networking sites (SNSs) and sheds light on whether SNSs are using arbitration clauses strategically in order to complete a liability-free zone in cyberspace. Our empirical findings reveal that SNS arbitration clauses contravene many of the basic principles deemed indispensable for a fundamentally fair process for consumers to obtain civil recourse for recognized torts and remedies for contract disputes. Congress needs to prohibit predispute mandatory arbitration clauses in terms of service agreements and privacy policies
This article begins by considering the emergence of social networks as a major medium of communicati...
We conducted a study of contractual practices by well-known firms marketing consumer products, compa...
Arbitration is a favored adjudicatory mechanism because it is efficient, effective, and informal com...
This Article is the first empirical study of the use of predispute mandatory arbitration clauses by ...
The ‘Terms of Use’ of Social Networking Sites (SNS) increasingly attract attention from policymakers...
Social networks are increasingly becoming important due to many aspects of everyday life supported a...
The ‘Terms of Use’ of Social Networking Sites (SNS) increasingly attract attention from policymakers...
Pre-dispute arbitration principles were established in 1925 by Congress through the Federal Arbitrat...
Businesses are accused of using arbitration as a private dispute resolution system that shields thei...
Mandatory arbitration clauses in consumer contracts have had a checkered past in the United States. ...
Arbitration clauses in contracts require consumers to waive their rights to bring litigation in cour...
The article focuses on the U.S. Supreme Court case AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion, in which Califor...
There is nothing new about arbitration, a method of alternative dispute resolution designed to sett...
Until recently, it was understood that mandatory arbitration was “do-it-yourself tort reform”: corpo...
Our empirical study examines the role and importance of arbitration clauses in standard form contrac...
This article begins by considering the emergence of social networks as a major medium of communicati...
We conducted a study of contractual practices by well-known firms marketing consumer products, compa...
Arbitration is a favored adjudicatory mechanism because it is efficient, effective, and informal com...
This Article is the first empirical study of the use of predispute mandatory arbitration clauses by ...
The ‘Terms of Use’ of Social Networking Sites (SNS) increasingly attract attention from policymakers...
Social networks are increasingly becoming important due to many aspects of everyday life supported a...
The ‘Terms of Use’ of Social Networking Sites (SNS) increasingly attract attention from policymakers...
Pre-dispute arbitration principles were established in 1925 by Congress through the Federal Arbitrat...
Businesses are accused of using arbitration as a private dispute resolution system that shields thei...
Mandatory arbitration clauses in consumer contracts have had a checkered past in the United States. ...
Arbitration clauses in contracts require consumers to waive their rights to bring litigation in cour...
The article focuses on the U.S. Supreme Court case AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion, in which Califor...
There is nothing new about arbitration, a method of alternative dispute resolution designed to sett...
Until recently, it was understood that mandatory arbitration was “do-it-yourself tort reform”: corpo...
Our empirical study examines the role and importance of arbitration clauses in standard form contrac...
This article begins by considering the emergence of social networks as a major medium of communicati...
We conducted a study of contractual practices by well-known firms marketing consumer products, compa...
Arbitration is a favored adjudicatory mechanism because it is efficient, effective, and informal com...