How have courts interpreted an arbitration clause in a contract where the contract states that the entire agreement does not compromise any rights?

Our analysis in Cohen v. Wedbush, Nobel, Cooke, Inc., 841 F.2d 282 (9th Cir.1988), illustrates these principles. The plaintiffs in Cohen, challenging an arbitration clause, complained in part that the defendant advised them that the entire agreement did not compromise any of their rights. Id. at 287. In enforcing the arbitration clause, we explained that "the alleged statement here cannot fairly be characterized as fraud in the inducement as to the arbitration clause. The statement is quite general, relating to the contract as a whole rather than to the arbitration clause in particular." Id. ²