The Courthouse Doors Are Shutting Because of Forced Arbitration
July 9, 2014
The Courthouse Doors Are Shutting Because of Forced Arbitration
Lina Khan in the Washington Monthly, here, and Herman Schwartz, in The Nation, here, both have great articles explaining how consumers are being shut out of court because of the fine print in standard form contracts. The Supreme Court is allowing forced pre-dispute arbitration clauses to deprive consumers of their rights and force them into private arbitration instead of open court.