Category: Consumer Arbitration
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Eleventh Circuit: Breach of AAA Rules Bars Compelling Arbitration
In Merritt Island Woodwerx, LLC v. Space Coast Credit Union [1], the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit had to decide whether an arbitration agreement referring to the American Arbitration Association’s Consumer Rules is binding when the business party fails to abide by the regulations of the arbitral institution.…
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Fourth Circuit: Consumer Arbitration and High Threshold for Unconscionability
In Meadows v. Cebridge Acquisition, LLC, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit had to decide whether an arbitration agreement included in an adhesive contract concluded with the consumer is unconscionable and, thus, unenforceable. The Fourth Circuit concluded that under the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”), the court’s inquiry…