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      Senate Protects Employee Rights With Forced Arbitration Ban

      Yesterday, the Senate adopted an amendment that will prevent federal funding from going to any contractor that requires its employees to use mandatory binding arbitration, instead of court, for sexual assault and civil rights claims against the company. More »

      6:31 PM on Wed Oct 7 2009
      By Alex Chasick
      9,413 views, 99 comments

    • forced arbitration

      No Arbitration For Halliburton Sexual Assault Case, Court Holds

      A woman who was allegedly raped while working for Halliburton/Kellogg Brown & Root in Iraq will have her civil claims heard in court, not by a company-selected arbitrator, thanks to a ruling by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. More »

      12:28 PM on Wed Sep 16 2009
      By Alex Chasick
      7,786 views, 81 comments

    • arbitration

      Arbitration May Be Dead, But Courts Offer Imperfect Alternative

      Last month, the Minnesota Attorney General brought an oppressive arbitration regime to its knees. Nation Arbitration Forum handled over 200,000 arbitrations per year. But many of those cases will end up in the 50 states' district courts, where consumers may fare no better. More »

      1:18 PM on Tue Aug 4 2009
      By Sam Glover
      5,187 views, 20 comments

      Most discussed vladthepaler: Given the Consumerist's previous anti-arbitration stance, the tone of this article is surprising. If courts are such a bad option, more »

    • crime and punishment

      Spam Kings Plead Guilty, Are Headed To Prison

      The war on spam is just as doomed as the war on drugs, but the FBI has won a battle, bringing down a bulk commercial e-mail ring that pimped Chinese penny stocks into unwilling inboxes. They also developed bot network that helped spam avoid detection. More »

      11:24 AM on Wed Jun 24 2009
      By Phil Villarreal
      4,384 views, 49 comments

      Most discussed mizike: People appalled that they are facing 7, and not 70, years in prison in 3....2....1.... Every time an issue touching on more »

    • commenting

      Justice Department Takes Aim At Mean Commenters

      Attention mean commenters: watch what you say or the Justice Department will hunt you down. Seriously! The U.S. Attorney in Nevada subpoenaed the Las Vegas Review-Journal to reveal the identities of two anonymous commenters whose statements could be read as mildly threatening to jurors involved in a tax case, if you've never read internet comments before. More »

      12:00 AM on Sat Jun 20 2009
      By Carey Alexander
      7,126 views, 99 comments

      Most discussed Coles_Law: Oddly enough, the article makes it sound like the man's clearly guilty: "A self-made entrepreneur, Kahre, 48, paid his workers in more »

    • forced arbitration

      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, then was sent to arbitration when she tried to sue her employer. More »

      4:07 PM on Thu Jun 11 2009
      By Alex Chasick
      7,886 views, 34 comments

      Most discussed sanjsrik: WTF? She was gang-raped and they sent her to arbitration? For what? Who was going to pay for the years more »

    • justice

      Rockefeller Goes After Webloyalty And Vertrue

      We've devoted a fair amount of time to trying to find ways to beat companies like Webloyalty, which market themselves via post-transaction popups on legit Web sites like Fandango and Orbitz, and suck you in with promises of savings, savings, savings, but really just deliver hard-to-cancel recurring monthly charges. The best solution we've found: Block pop-ups, boycott merchants that work with these losers, and immediately close any window that starts talking to us about all the great deals we're about to get. Senator John D. Rockefeller IV has another idea, and it's one that we like: Investigate the companies and make them hand over the goods on their business practices. More »

      4:27 PM on Fri May 29 2009
      By Marc Perton
      4,651 views, 18 comments

      Most discussed Cocoa Vanilla: I ordered Pizza Hut and got a message from some "Complete Savings" (the page looks like the one pictured) for more »

    • stupid shipping gang

      Continuing Adventures Of The Stupid Shipping Gang

      Today's "Toothpaste For Dinner" Web comic features a visit from the Stupid Shipping Gang. A bigger version of the comic, and more adventures of the Stupid Shipping Gang, inside. More »

      1:18 PM on Thu May 21 2009
      By Laura Northrup
      10,032 views, 26 comments

    • justice

      Auto Warranty Robocallers Call Indiana Attorney General At Home

      Protip for telemarkers: If you're going to engage in random robodialing to unlisted cell phones, pray very very hard that you do not dial the attorney general of a state in which you plan to continue doing business. More »

      8:01 PM on Wed May 6 2009
      By Laura Northrup
      17,547 views, 67 comments

    • 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 friends at Public Citizen will be testifying. You can view (or at least listen to) the Real Player stream here. MORE »

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    • arbitration

      "We Build In Middle Class Neighborhoods Because You Can't Afford To Fight Us"

      Meet Michelle. We met Michelle at Arbitration Fairness Day and she told us about being forced into arbitration when she tried to get her poorly constructed home repaired. Now she'd like to share her story with you. More »

      6:22 PM on Wed Apr 29 2009
      By Alex Chasick
      23,825 views, 190 comments

    • arbitration

      Forced Arbitration: You Lose, Now Pay For Our Lunch

      Mandatory binding arbitration, which corporations use to dodge accountability for their discrimination, negligence, or harassment, is a caricature of justice that offers no protection to consumers or employees. It's also terrible for small business owners, as one couple found out. More »

      6:29 PM on Tue Apr 28 2009
      By Alex Chasick
      29,082 views, 111 comments

    • mandatory binding arbitration

      Forced Arbitration: As Fair As A Sucker Punch

      We at Consumerist really hate mandatory binding arbitration, the faux-legal sucker punch that companies deliver when they screw up and you try to sue, and so should you. We've talked about its evils a lot, but no one can describe this legal abomination as well as the victims themselves, so this week we'll let them speak. More »

      3:58 PM on Mon Apr 27 2009
      By Alex Chasick
      12,956 views, 99 comments

      Most discussed Esquire99: It seems to me that the problem here isn't that Mandatory Binding Arbitration, on its face, is bad. It's simply more »

    • Missouri's Attorney General has won a $300,000 judgment against a telemarketer that violated the state's do-not-call list. It is the third-largest award so far. MORE »

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    • arbitration

      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 much more expensive arbitration is than litigation. More »

      5:20 PM on Thu Feb 26 2009
      By Alex Chasick
      7,137 views, 25 comments

      Most discussed Snarkysnake: MBA is so patently inequitable that it is only a question of time before it's abuses are addressed and redressed more »

    • arbitration fairness act

      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. More »

      4:24 PM on Fri Feb 13 2009
      By Alex Chasick
      8,825 views, 33 comments

    • your rights

      Mandatory Binding Arbitration: The Worst Choose Your Own Adventure Ever

      Mandatory binding arbitration agreements are bad for consumers for so many reasons that, unless you're the victim of one, it's hard to keep track of the various ways you can be screwed. So we've come up with this helpful illustration: a choose-your-own-adventure-styled trip through the arbitration process. More »

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      4:49 PM on Tue Feb 10 2009
      By Alex Chasick
      68,542 views, 76 comments

      Most discussed Tiki McTikatron: So if you are handed a paper contract (say from a daycare center) and see this clause, are you more »

    • lawsuits

      Old Man Sues Ripoff Dealership, Wins $41,679+

      Justice has finally been served to the senior citizen who was not only ripped off on his trade-in vehicle (which is, frankly, to be expected), the dealership also got him to hand over his ATM card and just straight up stole $2000 from his bank account. More »

      2:15 PM on Tue Jan 20 2009
      By Ben Popken
      23,100 views, 48 comments

      Most discussed Corporate_guy: If that is what he got from an arbiter, they must have expected an open and shut million dollar settlement more »

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