1st Circ.'s Uber Ruling Imposes Burdens On App Design

By Geoffrey Wyatt, Jordan Schwartz and Zachary Martin (July 30, 2018, 1:45 PM EDT) -- In the modern economy, contracts governing consumer transactions can be made at the push of a button. Courts have generally recognized that these online contracts are to be enforced like any other agreements.[1] A recent decision from the First Circuit, Cullinane v. Uber Technologies Inc., purports to apply that rule of law, but effectively calls it into doubt, invalidating an arbitration clause in an electronic contract simply because the link provided was in the wrong font and color.[2]...

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