For an arbitration provision in a retainer agreement to be enforceable, an attorney must generally explain to a client the benefits and disadvantages of arbitrating a prospective dispute between the attorney and client, the state Supreme Court said in Delaney. The lawyer for Micro Tech said those principles should apply in the present case even though the court ruling did not apply retroactively.

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The Supreme Court ruled May 21 that companies can require workers to accept individual arbitration. The Post's Robert Barnes explains why that's significant. Related STORY: Supreme Court rules that companies can require workers to accept individual arbitration ↓ Read More Washington Post Video and Closed Captioning

Senators must ask Supreme Court nominee Judge Neil Gorsuch about his views on arbitration “to determine whether he will put big business ahead of Americans’ constitutional right to a trial by jury,” write Joe Valenti and Rebecca Buckwalter-Poza for ...

An interim arbitration decision required QUALCOMM, Inc. QCOM to refund BlackBerry Ltd BBRY $814 million for overpaid royalties. Nearly a year ago, the companies agreed to arbitrate a dispute regarding Qualcomm’s royalty cap and its applicability to ...