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Senate committee debates fairness of mandatory arbitration (access required)

Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., a champion of the proposed Arbitration Fairness Act, recently led a hearing before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary called “Arbitration: Is It Fair When Forced?”

Lawyers debate need for new arbitration legislation (access required)

Opponents of mandatory arbitration clauses in consumer contracts have not given up the fight.

Federal lawmakers again try to ban arbitration (access required)

POSTED: Friday, May 20th, 2011 at 1:19 pm

BY: DOLAN MEDIA NEWSWIRES

Washington — Taking aim at a U.S. Supreme Court ruling they say strips workers and consumers of their right to redress against powerful corporations Tuesday, lawmakers in both houses reintroduced the Arbitration Fairness Act, which would bar pre-dispute mandatory arbitration clauses in consumer and employment contracts and in civil rights disputes.

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