http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Alternative-Dispute-Resolution/South-Carolina/index.html LawInfo - Legal Resource Center offers free South Carolina Alternative Dispute Resolution legal forms and free South Carolina Alternative Dispute Resolution legal documents that is designed to help consumers and businesses resolve their legal issues http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Alternative-Dispute-Resolution/South-Carolina/does-this-affect-how-you-resolve-a-dispute.html You bet! In the wake of the court rulings, many businesses, ranging from sellers of goods, to credit grantors to security brokers, put clauses in their contracts whereby their customers agree in advance to resolve any dispute through binding arbitration. Even if a state securities law or credit code says that a certain practice violates the law and the customer can sue under that act for damages, the contract controls. South Carolina Alternative Dispute Resolution FAQs Tue, 29 May 2007 21:19:00 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Alternative-Dispute-Resolution/South-Carolina/what-are-the-benefits-of-mediation-and-arbitr.html Mediation and arbitration is less time consuming and often cheaper than courts, where claims may take nor e than a year to be heard, In mediation, parties to a dispute have a third party (hopefully a disinterested third party) to analyze the parties` claims and decide how the dispute should be resolved. South Carolina Alternative Dispute Resolution FAQs Tue, 29 May 2007 21:19:00 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Alternative-Dispute-Resolution/South-Carolina/what-is-arbitration.html In arbitration, a dispute is submitted to an arbitrator for a decision. Arbitration may be binding or non­binding. Binding arbitration involves having a neutral person decide a dispute, after hearing each party`s presentation of evidence and argument. South Carolina Alternative Dispute Resolution FAQs Tue, 29 May 2007 21:19:00 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Alternative-Dispute-Resolution/South-Carolina/what-is-faa.html The courts and the public in recent years have become impatient with the costs and delays associated with litigation of civil disputes. As a result, Congress enacted the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) encouraging arbitration rather than litigation of disputes. South Carolina Alternative Dispute Resolution FAQs Tue, 29 May 2007 21:19:00 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Alternative-Dispute-Resolution/South-Carolina/what-is-the-difference-between-mediation-and.html People who have filed complaints with the Department of Consumer Affairs are familiar with mediation. Arbitration is similar in that a third party or a panel of arbiters determines how a dispute should be decided. South Carolina Alternative Dispute Resolution FAQs Mon, 04 Jun 2007 21:51:22 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Arbitration-ADR/South-Carolina/index.html Free Arbitration FAQs Alternative Dispute Resolution Sub-categories Sat, 28 Nov 2009 14:25:04 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Mediation-Alternative-Dispute-Resolution/South-Carolina/index.html Free Mediation FAQs Alternative Dispute Resolution Sub-categories Sat, 28 Nov 2009 14:25:04 GMT