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The House Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law is currently holding a hearing on forced arbitration and credit cards, appropriately titled "Federal Arbitration Act: Is the Credit Card Industry Using It To Quash Legal Claims?" Our...

10:55 AM on Tue May 5 2009, by Alex Chasick, 0 views, Comment

Arbitration Fairness Act On "All Things Considered"

The perils of forced arbitration and the need for the Arbitration Fairness Act were recently featured on an NPR piece. The story discusses the case of Jamie Leigh Jones, the former Halliburton employee who was gang raped in Iraq by her coworkers,...

4:07 PM on Thu Jun 11 2009, by Alex Chasick, 0 views, 34 comments

Mandatory Binding Arbitration Still Sucks

BusinessWeek has published a pretty substantial cover story on arbitration, and why it disadvantages consumers. Consumerist readers will be familiar with many of the story's criticisms: one study finds 99.8% of arbitration cases are decided in the...

2:18 PM on Mon Jun 9 2008, by Alex Chasick, 0 views, 20 comments

Mandatory binding arbitration is so bullshit that the opposing attorneys don't even show up to the hearings. [Credit Slips]

12:38 PM on Thu Aug 16 2007, by Ben Popken, 0 views, 4 comments

A critical look at the veracity of the claims mentioned in "Mandatory Binding Arbitration Means Alleged Halliburton Rapists Could Go Free" [Overylawyered]

8:08 PM on Sat Dec 15 2007, by Ben Popken, 0 views, 8 comments

The Arbitration Fairness Act Is In The House

The Arbitration Fairness Act, which will ban binding mandatory arbitration clauses from consumer, employment, and franchise contracts, was reintroduced in the House yesterday.

4:24 PM on Fri Feb 13 2009, by Alex Chasick, 0 views, 33 comments

Arbitration Firms Are Godless Bloodsuckers

In 2006, Richard Neely, a retired chief justice of the West Virginia Supreme Court, penned an article for The West Virginia Lawyer entitled, "Arbitration and the Godless Bloodsuckers." The National Arbitration Forum asked him to be an arbitrator...

1:16 PM on Tue Oct 2 2007, by Ben Popken, 0 views, 15 comments

9 Reasons To Ban Mandatory Binding Arbitration

Mandatory binding arbitration is great for businesses to use in dealing with one another, but it sucks for consumers. Here's 9 ways you get screwed in arbitration land, courtesy of the National Association Of Consumer Advocates...

7:11 PM on Mon Sep 10 2007, by Ben Popken, 0 views, 6 comments

Mandatory Binding Arbitration Isn't Just Bad For Consumers, It's Bad For Small Businesses

Mother Jones has an excellent writeup of Deborah Williams and Richard Welshans, the Maryland couple whose horrific experience with franchising a Coffee Beanery we've covered before. Inside, MoJo breaks down the arbitration award to show just how...

5:20 PM on Thu Feb 26 2009, by Alex Chasick, 0 views, 25 comments

Opt Out Of Comcast's Arbitration Agreement

Included in the Comcast January bills was a new Comcast Agreement for Residential Services pamphlet, and a new opportunity for customers to opt out of mandatory binding arbitration as a way to settle disputes with their cable provider. Just go to...

8:00 AM on Wed Jan 30 2008, by Ben Popken, 0 views, 20 comments