That the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA), state arbitration statutes and courts generally favor arbitration provisions in contracts is well-recognized. But what if the contract containing the ...

Contracts written by employers and landlords often result in second parties—employees and tenants—facing unfair terms because these documents contain unreasonable or ambiguous clauses, leaving the ...

Imoved to Lake County in late spring of 1989. At that time, there were a number of articles about a contract that recently had been awarded to Ogden Corp. for the construction, operation and eventual ...

Our neighbor said that my cousin, who already left to work abroad, obtained a loan from him that was left unpaid. He claimed that I am bound to pay for it because my cousin allegedly told him that I ...

Current issues are now on the Chicago Journals website. Read the latest issue.Journal of Legal Studies (JLS) publishes interdisciplinary academic research about law and legal institutions. It ...

Learn about adhesion contracts—non-negotiable agreements in business. Discover their definition, applications, enforceability, and how they affect you.

Recent decisions of the Supreme Court of Canada, Ontario Court of Appeal and other courts across this land have rendered termination clauses, as well as clauses respecting bonuses, stock options and ...