Tagged: privatized quasi judicial system

“By banning class actions, companies have essentially disabled consumer challenges to practices like predatory lending, wage theft and discrimination, court records show.”

Source: Robert Gebeloff and Jessica Silver-Greenberg. “Arbitration Everywhere, Stacking The Deck Of Justice.” New York Times. October 31, 2015. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/01/business/dealbook/arbitration-everywhere-stacking-the-deck-of-justice.html?_r=0.

“[A]t this point the federal policy favoring arbitration is so entrenched in the courts that a legislative solution is the only way out of the mire. Despite the shibboleth that Congress is broken, recent legislation (and an executive order) may suggest that change is on the way.”

Source: Wendi S. Lazar. Mandatory Arbitration: Searching For Fairness.  Law.com. March 5, 2015.