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States move to limit mandatory arbitration clauses.

Publication: Trial
Publication Date: 01-SEP-08
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
Chances are, readers of this article are bound by at least one predispute mandatory arbitration clause.

Buried in the fine print of a credit-card billing insert, employee handbook, health insurance plan, or franchise agreement often lurks a binding mandatory arbitration clause. Everywhere they turn, U.S. consumers are being compelled to waive their access to the civil justice system. With these clauses, corporations create a one-sided process that leaves the consumer with big arbitration fees and little chance...

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