With online retailers challenging brick and mortar stores, the importance of online transactions and the terms of the contracts they create has never been greater. In the context of arbitration, courts are increasingly being faced with the question of what constitutes a binding agreement to arbitrate in the new online world. While new commerce on the internet has exposed courts to many new situations, it has not fundamentally changed the principles of contract. One principle requirement that is as true on the internet as it is on paper is the requirement that a contract requires a, “...mutual manifestation of assent, whether by written or spoken word or by conduct….
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