Litigation
Cal. Litig. 2015, Volume 28, Number 2
Content
- Masthead
- From the Section Chair
- Table of Contents
- Editor's Foreword This is Not a Eulogy!
- Dutch Treat
- Curious Clerks and the Case of the Yellow Hat
- Where First Amendment Internet Anonymity Rights Collide with Copyright
- The Mysterious World of Civil Litigation Bonds
- Timing Posttrial Motions: Statutory Amendments Freshen the Bait in Traps for the Unwary
- Can Private Attorney General Actions Be Forced Into Arbitration?
- Demystifying Patent Litigation
- New Lawyers Column: Why I Went to Law School and Chose Not to Work in a Firm
- Belated Thanks for Something I Borrowed
- McDermott On Demand: if only:... Supreme Court of the United States, October Term, 2015
- Litigation Section Executive Committee Past Chairs
- Past Editors-in-Chief
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.