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Under the MUAA, an arbitration agreement is valid, enforceable, and irrevocable unless there is a legal or equitable ground for revocation of the agreement under Michigan law. Like any contract, an arbitration agreement is unenforceable unless it is a contract that binds both parties (see Heurtebise v.
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A mandatory arbitration agreement should identify the rules, procedures, and evidentiary guidelines to be applied. Many agreements opt for a particular forum's rules and procedures. If there are any rules that the parties want to opt out of (e.g., a limitation on discovery), state as much in the arbitration agreement.
While parties are not required to have an attorney to participate in arbitration, arbitration is a final, legally-binding process that may impact a party's rights. As such, parties may want to consider consulting an attorney at any time before, during, or after the arbitration.
Arbitration clauses are often enforced according to contract law principles. However, some jurisdictions hold them unenforceable if there has been any fraud, overreaching, or the absence of mutuality with terms such as any, all, or every (as opposed to some) in the arbitration clause.
What are the formal requirements for an enforceable arbitration agreement? An agreement to arbitrate a controversy arising between parties, as well as a submission to arbitrate an existing controversy, must be in writing and subscribed by the party sought to be charged or by their lawful agent.
The Federal Arbitration Act provides that the enforceability of an arbitration agreement, is determined using generally applicable contract defenses, such as fraud, duress, or unconscionability. Under California law, a contract signed under economic duress may be rescinded.
Arbitration can be binding (which means the participants must follow the arbitrator's decision and courts will enforce it) or nonbinding (meaning either party is free to reject the arbitrator's decision and take the dispute to court, as if the arbitration had never taken place). Binding arbitration is more common.
Under the Armendariz standards, an arbitration agreement will not be enforced in California if it is both "procedurally unconscionable" and "substantively unconscionable." Any arbitration agreement required as a condition of employment (i.e., any mandatory arbitration agreement) is automatically considered procedurally
1 Arbitration agreements for medical malpractice are written contracts between health care providers and patients in which both agree to arbitrate any dispute or claim arising from the medical care provided to the patient by the health care provider.