YVON ROUSTAN, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. ROBINHOOD FINANCIAL LLC AND ROBINHOOD SECURITIES LLC, DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS., 2022 WI App 13

Summary

HOLDINGS: [1]-An arbitration provision was not substantively unconscionable because there were no exceptions to the terms in the agreement that gave defendant greater rights and remedies relative to plaintiff and defendant did not impose terms on plaintiff that it had not accepted for itself; [2]-The circuit court did not err in modifying the arbitration venue clause to require arbitration in Wisconsin under Wis. Stat. § 788.01 (2019-20) because travel to California during the COVID-19 pandemic was unreasonable and the remainder of the arbitration provision's language demonstrated that the parties' primary intent was to resolve disputes through arbitration.