Litigation
Cal. Litig. 2015, Volume 28, Number 2
Content
- Belated Thanks for Something I Borrowed
- Curious Clerks and the Case of the Yellow Hat
- Demystifying Patent Litigation
- Dutch Treat
- Editor's Foreword This is Not a Eulogy!
- From the Section Chair
- Litigation Section Executive Committee Past Chairs
- Masthead
- McDermott On Demand: If Only.... Supreme Court of the United States, October Term, 2015
- New Lawyers Column: Why I Went to Law School and Chose Not to Work in a Firm
- Past Editors-in-Chief
- Table of Contents
- The Mysterious World of Civil Litigation Bonds
- Timing Posttrial Motions: Statutory Amendments Freshen the Bait in Traps for the Unwary
- Where First Amendment Internet Anonymity Rights Collide with Copyright
- Can Private Attorney General Actions Be Forced Into Arbitration?
Can Private Attorney General Actions Be Forced Into Arbitration?
By Marc D. Alexander
Marc D. Alexander
The Arbitration Juggernaut
Professor Imre Szalai, in his recent history of arbitration in the United States, Outsourcing Justice: The Rise of Modern Arbitration Laws in America (2013), has shown that progressive reform efforts to expand the use of arbitration in the early 20th century, culminating in the Federal Arbitration Act of 1925 (FAA), contemplated a speedy, efficient, final, and binding method to resolve disputes between merchants. But arbitration has expanded since 1925 to include disputes with employees, disputes with consumers, and small disputes between parties other than merchants.