Senate Hearing on Pre-Dispute Arbitration Clause: Arbitration Fairness Act
Arbitration Fairness Act And, now a look into the debate about pre-dispute arbitration clauses found in consumer and employment contracts. Several witnesses testified about the problems with these clauses. Then, Senator Al Franken questioned a U of Georgia Law School professor, Peter B. Rutledge , who planned to support the clauses. Watch the video here . From the Consumerist : Earlier this week, the Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on mandatory binding arbitration clauses, those fun bits of contractual language that take away your right to sue a company and force you into a resolution process that is heavily weighted in the company’s favor. The hearing was chaired by Senator Al Franken of Minnesota, who earlier this year introduced the proposed Arbitration Fairness Act , and so he obviously has a thing or two to say on the topic. * * * Starting at around the 1:55 mark in the above video, Franken cites the professor’s own previous statements that...