When you are a victim of a crime, no matter how larger or small, you trust that the court system will give you due process to ensure that justice is served. Whether you were a victim of sexual harassment in the workplace, financial fraud from your banking institution or employment discrimination under the Equal Employment [...]
Part Three in a series about mandatory arbitration. Read Part One. Read Part Two. ‘The argument for mandatory arbitration’s fairness is empirically unfounded as well as illogical,’ writes University of Wisconsin researcher David Schwartz. Further data compiled by the Searle Institute says business claimants win drastically, overwhelmingly more cases than consumers in mandatory arbitration, with [...]
Part Two in a series about mandatory arbitration. Read Part One. Check back next week for the final installment. Corporate entities (big businesses) insist that ‘predispute’ clauses inserted into consumer contract agreements (beating the consumer to the punch vis-à-vis possible future dissatisfaction) simplifies the legal process of complaints and prevents frivolous, but expensive-to-defend, class action [...]
Part One in a series about mandatory arbitration. Check back next week for another installment. Ar-bi-TRA-tion (är b -TR SH n). n. — An alternative method of resolving disputes when two parties present respective, individual sides of a complaint to an arbitrator or panel of arbitrators. The arbitrator, who is supposed to be neutral, then [...]
