Consumer arbitration agreements enforceability and other topics
F. Paul Bland, Jr. ... [et al.].
- 6th ed.
- Boston, Mass. National Consumer Law Center with the Public Justice Foundation c2011.
- xxvi, 517 p. ill. 28 cm.
- The consumer credit and sales legal practice series. Consumer litigation library .
- Consumer credit and sales legal practice series. .
Rev. ed. of Consumer arbitration agreements / F. Paul Bland, Jr. 5th ed. 2011.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preliminary issues -- Threshold issues for challenges to arbitration clauses -- The Federal Arbitration Act, state laws, and preemption -- When other federal statutes expressly or impliedly supersede the FAA's enforcement of arbitration clauses -- Formation of agreement to arbitrate -- Unconscionability and other contract law defenses to arbitration clauses -- Arbitration clause's applicability to particular claims or parties -- Waiver of the right to compel arbitration -- Arbitration of claims on a classwide basis -- Judicial review and effect of the arbitration award -- Creditor's use of arbitration to collect consumer debts -- Appendix A. Federal statutes -- Appendix B. Arbitration service provider rules -- Appendix C. Sample discovery -- Appendix D. Findings of fact and stipulations regarding NAF ownership -- Appendix E. Finding pleadings and primary sources on the companion website.