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Forced Arbitration in Tech Contracts: Brendan Ballou on Vendor Accountability Risks
Forced arbitration clauses have become embedded as a dominant mechanism in technology vendor contracts, shifting legal risk and accountability away from large vendors and reducing recourse options for managed service providers (MSPs) and IT service firms. This structural change, present in agreements with RMM and PSA vendors as well as hyperscalers such as Microsoft, Amazon, and Google, establishes a private dispute resolution system that operates beyond the traditional court system and is typically non-negotiable for smaller partners.
The shift is evidenced by data and case studies outlined…
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