Oct 9 2018
What’s Sauce For The Goose…
Consumers and employees often believe that mandatory arbitration clauses drag them into a forum they didn’t choose, to be heard before an arbitrator whose powers are virtually unreviewable, who will […]
Posted by Joseph D. Garrison in Commentary
Oct 2 2018
Enforcement Of “Customized” Arbitration Agreements
One benefit of arbitration is that parties of equal bargaining power can provide for a method of settling disputes which is alternative to the court system. A negotiated arbitration agreement, […]
Posted by Joseph D. Garrison in Commentary
Sep 25 2018
What Arbitration Clause? Illiteracy As A Defense To Arbitration
I admit I was surprised to find that a person can agree to a written arbitration clause, even though he or she is illiterate. I was even more surprised to […]
Posted by Joseph D. Garrison in Commentary
Sep 18 2018
Mafia Should Have Used Binding Class Action Waivers
“Payday loans” are a modern device intended to avoid interest rate regulations and financial disclosure laws. So-called “salary lenders” who engage in these predatory loan arrangements concentrate on low-income families […]
Posted by Joseph D. Garrison in Commentary
Sep 11 2018
It’s My Game, But I’m Not Playing
I love the names companies use to label the mandatory arbitration programs they impose on their employees. Today, we can enjoy the workings of the “Fairness in Action Program” used […]
Posted by Joseph D. Garrison in Commentary
Sep 4 2018
I Lost My Right to A Jury Trial?
The notice it takes to evaporate a jury trial right is minimal. Blind people, by not asking the right questions of an unscrupulous lender, “consented” to arbitration. Envelope stuffers announce […]
Posted by Joseph D. Garrison in Employment Law