Come One, Come All: The New and Developing World of Nonsignatory Arbitration and Class Arbitration

Explores the degree to which the traditional model of an international arbitral dispute, rooted in consensual arbitration agreement between two parties, has grown & perhaps distorted to include nonsignatories or to combine separate disputes. Attention is given to the role of the US in international arbitration, the development of nonsignatory involvement in domestic & international arbitration, the recent growth of multiparty arbitrations in the US & Europe, & how these concepts can overlap in the context of international arbitration, whereby nonsignatory class members to a dispute might be compelled to participate or be subject to class arbitration. It is concluded that these developments might distort the traditional arbitration model, there is potential for benefits. Adapted from the source document.