adhesion contract

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adhesion contract - a contract that heavily restricts one party while leaving the other free (as some standard form printed contracts); implies inequality in bargaining power

contract of adhesion

contract - a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law

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Knebelvertrag

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rights to jury trials when accepting an adhesion contract, it is highly

The future of class-action waivers in consumer contract arbitration agreements after DIRECTV, Inc. v. Imburgia

arbitrate is included in a consumer or employee adhesion contract,

Because arbitration can be beneficial, it should never have to be mandatory: making a case against compelled arbitration based upon pre-dispute agreements to arbitrate in consumer and employee adhesion contracts

The court said there is nothing inherently wrong with an adhesion contract merely because it is in that category.

Class dismissed: employers welcome Supreme Court approval of class waivers in arbitration agreements

For example, a simple vending machine transaction for a candy bar could be characterized as an adhesion contract.

Adhesion contracts don't stick in Michigan: why Rory got it right

cast their lot with adhesion contract drafters in order to win and

ADR and the cost of compulsion

The customer is compelled to sign a standard form customer agreement, an adhesion contract drafted by the respondent, containing an arbitration clause.

The Moser decision. (Letters)

If adhesion contracts typically are enforced, why should an adhesion contract that touches upon copyright issues be analyzed any differently?

Shrinkwrap and clickwrap agreements: 2B or Not 2B?

An adhesion contract is a standardized contract, drafted and imposed by the party with superior bargaining power, which is presented to the other party without any opportunity to negotiate its terms.

The state of state employment arbitration laws

Among all of the familiar "grounds for revocation of any contract" - for example, fraud, duress, mistake, unconscionabilty - the most relevant for an employee seeking to avoid an arbitration agreement is state adhesion contract law, which is designed to offer employees protection against the economic power of employers.

Enforcing arbitration agreements between employers and employees

53) Regardless of whether the maritime contract is negotiated at arm's length between highly sophisticated parties, or is an adhesion contract like passenger cruise tickets, the judicial trend reflects a very strong presumption in favor of enforcement.

Great Lakes Reinsurance V. Durham Auctions: why the lack of clearly defined fifth circuit "maritime choice of law principles" has the potential to hurt insureds

An adhesion contract is a standard form contract prepared by one party and submitted to another on a take-it-or-leave-it basis; there is no equality of bargaining power.

Consumers in a bind

The plaintiff admitted that the employee handbook and policies and procedures it contained constituted part of his employment contract, but maintained that the arbitration clause was a separate matter and was an unenforceable adhesion contract.