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Saturday, February 11, 2012

Arbitration Clauses in NM--Agreement at the Extreme End

Last July, I blogged that arbitration in New Mexico was likely not in line with US Supreme Court decisions because the N.M. Court of Appeals was too quick to review and declare unenforceable certain arbitration clauses.  See Felts v. CLK Management, 2011-NMCA-062.  In my next blog post, I'll discuss similar problems in a state Supreme Court decision issued since Felts.

However, in September (yes, I know, business is good these days and I am woefully behind in my blogging!), the Court of Appeals at least has redeemed itself slightly