Mandatory Arbitration Clauses: A Limitation of Justice for Consumers - Prof. Lara Grow, Study notes of Business and Labour Law

Download Mandatory Arbitration Clauses: A Limitation of Justice for Consumers - Prof. Lara Grow and more Study notes Business and Labour Law in PDF only on Docsity! Chapter 5 In-Class Video Notes  Mandatory Arbitration  Forced her to speak against the court even if she was wronged  Keep the public out of the courts  The clause says you can’t go to court but instead arbitration  Its like you cant go to court against a company that has mistreated you  When you sign any contract, there wont be any reference to the arbitration with the bill or the contract  Arbitration Clause has become Mandatory  Really never had a choice in the matter  More than a 1/3 of America are bound by this clause  Halliburton and KBR- Jamie Leigh Jones  Was put in an all male baric when he had there  She was raped by another male that she was put in board with  KBR said she can continue working there or be terminated  Because of the arbitration cause she couldn’t really fight in court and expect to win  Arbitration is extremely biased  Because it is done in a private court where the opposite party such as KBR or a credit card company gets to pick the judge  Rigged against the consumers  Consumer may win less than 10% of the time