Tuesday, January 15, 2019
Friday, June 3, 2016
Street Scene: Finra Arbitration Case Offers a Peek Into a Murky World
Street Scene: Finra Arbitration Case Offers a Peek Into a Murky World
Forced arbitration can circumvent legal rights, but Finra’s version of arbitration comes with an additional dollop of what seems like bias.
Saturday, May 14, 2016
Start-Ups Embrace Arbitration to Settle Workplace Disputes
Start-Ups Embrace Arbitration to Settle Workplace Disputes
As new companies grow, they are relying on a tool used by big corporations to shield themselves from potentially expensive class-action court cases.
Thursday, April 14, 2016
House Democrats Call for Curbs on Required Arbitration
Sunday, November 15, 2015
Efforts to Rein In Arbitration Come Under Well-Financed Attack
Efforts to Rein In Arbitration Come Under Well-Financed Attack
As regulators, lawmakers and the Justice Department pushed to restrict arbitration, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and others pushed back.
Efforts to Rein In Arbitration Come Under Well-Financed Attack
Saturday, November 14, 2015
The Virtues of Arbitration
The Virtues of Arbitration
The U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform says that “arbitration provides consumers with a fairer, simpler, cheaper and faster way of resolving disputes.”
Wednesday, November 4, 2015
Forcing Consumers Into Arbitration
Sunday, November 1, 2015
Beware The Fine Print: In Arbitration, a ‘Privatization of the Justice System’
Beware The Fine Print: In Arbitration, a ‘Privatization of the Justice System’
Forced individual arbitration often bears little resemblance to court: The rules tend to favor businesses, and judges and juries are replaced by arbitrators whose rulings are difficult to appeal.
Saturday, October 31, 2015
Beware the Fine Print: Arbitration Everywhere, Stacking the Deck of Justice
Beware the Fine Print: Arbitration Everywhere, Stacking the Deck of Justice
Arbitration Everywhere, Stacking the Deck of Justice
Arbitration Everywhere, Stacking the Deck of Justice
With a clause in complex contracts that few people read, corporations have insulated themselves from lawsuits and locked Americans into a system where arbitrators overwhelmingly favor business.