Arbitration

Judge Slams FINRA Arbitration

Dan Solin | Posted 05.20.2012

Read More: Finra Arbitration, Finra, Deborah Gale Evans, Wells-Fargo-Advisors, Max Cogburn, Brokerage Firms, Arbitration, Video, Business News

In the interim, attorneys like Ms. Evans should ask themselves whether their stunning success is attributable to their legal skill or the lack of impartiality of FINRA arbitration panels.

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The Reputation Assassination of Ryan Braun

Linda Kenney Baden | Posted 05.06.2012

Read More: Steroids, Shyam Das, Bud Selig, Forensic Science, Mlb, Drug Testing, Steroids in Baseball, Milwaukee Brewers, Ryan Braun, Arbitration, Sports News

There is not one legitimate shred of valid forensic evidence to prove Braun is guilty -- yet he stands accused by both baseball and public opinion with an axe over his head.

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Doctors Use Arbitration Agreements to Escape Jury Trials

Spencer Aronfeld | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Trial Lawyers, Lawyer, Lawsuit, Medical Malpractice, Plastic Surgery, Suing, Arbitration, Arbitration Agreements, Florida Courts, Miami News

By allowing arbitration agreements to be used in the context of medical procedures, patients often unknowingly give away their rights to sue doctors in courts of law.

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Starbucks: Stop Taking Away Your Customers' Rights

David Arkush | Posted 02.01.2012

Read More: Law, AT&T, Civil Justice, Class Action, Starbucks, Mandatory Binding Arbitration, Starbucks Coffee, Consumers, Forced Arbitration, Concepcion, Class Action Lawsuit, Justice, Consumer Protection, Lawsuit, Arbitration, Business News

If you're one of millions of Starbucks customers who might buy or receive a prepaid card this holiday season, you might want to take a moment to send Starbucks a message: Don't take away my rights!

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Democrats Try To Overturn Supreme Court's Anti-Consumer Rulings

HuffingtonPost.com | Mike Sacks | Posted 12.20.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, John Cornyn, US Supreme Court, Video, Victor Schwartz, Senate Judiciary Committee, Richard Blumenthal, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Michael McConnell, Scotus, Consumer Financial Protection Agency, Hank Johnson, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Al Franken, Consumers, Cellphones, Democrats, Arbitration, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- It's not abortion or affirmative action -- or, for that matter, campaign finance -- but a series of recent cases on arbitration has shar...

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Justice Ginsburg Left Standing Up For Consumers

HuffingtonPost.com | Mike Sacks | Posted 12.11.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, Chief Justice John Roberts, Video, Credit Repair Organizations Act, 9th Circuit, Scotus, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, CompuCredit v. Greenwood, United States Supreme Court, Class Action Lawsuit, John Roberts, Credit Rating, Elena Kagan, U.S. Supreme Court, Arbitration, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- After spending several years clearing a path for corporations to contract away their customers' access to courts generally and class act...

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Talks Between GM, Auto Workers Union Heat Up

Posted 11.08.2011

Read More: Strike, Negotiations, Solidarity House, Bob King, Chrysler Group LLC, Dan Akerson, United Auto Workers Union, General Motors Co, Labor Unions, Ford Motor Co, Arbitration, Video, Business News

(Bernie Woodall and Deepa Seetharaman) - Contract talks between General Motors Co and the United Auto Workers union have intensified and shifted t...

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Arbitrator:Governor Quinn Should Pay Raises He Cancelled

Posted 09.18.2011

Read More: Afscme Lawsuit, Illinois Unions Arbitration, Collective Bargaining, Illinois Unions, Pat Quinn, Pat Quinn Unions, Pat Quinn AFSCME, Chicago, Illinois, Afscme Raises, Public Employee Unions, Afscme, Arbitration, Henry Bayer, Chicago News

An arbitrator sided Tuesday with Illinois' largest employee union in an ongoing battle over Governor Pat Quinn's announcement earlier this month that ...

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AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion: The Corporate Court Does it Again

Nan Aron | Posted 06.29.2011

Read More: Mandatory Binding Arbitration, Supreme Court, Class Action Lawsuit, Arbitration, Technology News

Thanks to the Supreme Court, corporations are now free to write contracts that legally bar you from challenging them in class-action lawsuits or even group arbitration, no matter what they do to harm you.

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The Horror of Withholding a Jewish Divorce: Looking Beneath the Surface of A Horrific Law

SaraKay Smullens | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jewish Divorce, Tamar and Aharon Friedman, Custody Battles, Adversarial Divorces, Get, Agunah, Jewish Press and Divorce, Arbitration, Divorce News

Many find the following impossible to believe: According to Jewish law only a husband, and never a wife, can "give" a Get, or Jewish divorce.

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Tamimi 1, KBR 0

David Isenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iraq KBR, Private Military Contractors, LOGCAP Contract, Arbitration, Business News

I couldn't let 2010 end without having one last look at one of the major U.S.-based PMCs; the one which, according to one leading PMC trade associatio...

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Kraft, Starbucks Distribution Dispute Escalates In Court

Coffee City | Melissa Allison | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Kraft Foods, Howard Schultz, Court, Distribution, Starbucks, Starbucks Coffee, Coffee, Distribution Agreement, Preliminary-Injunction, Arbitration, Business News

In the continuing saga of Starbucks trying to end a 12-year relationship in which Kraft Foods has distributed its coffee to grocery stores, Kraft is s...

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A Plea to the Courts: Stop the Quiet Death of a Critical Consumer Protection

Lisa Gilbert | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: AT&T, Public Citizen, Supreme Court, Concepcion, Class Action Lawsuit, Scotus, Consumer Protection, Arbitration, Contract, AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion, Forced Arbitration, Business News, Politics News

The right of consumers to band together to take action against corporate rip-offs is something that is enshrined in case law, enforced by the state co...

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In The Public Interest: Next Up For the Supreme Court That Brought You Unlimited Corporate Campaign Cash: Do Consumers Have the Right to Band Together To Fight Corporate Crime?

Ed Mierzwinski | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, Corporations, Public Interest, Legal Aid, Class Action Lawsuit, US Pirg, Citizens United, Consumer Protection, Arbitration, Politics News

On November 9th, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in a very important case that if wrongly decided will allow powerful special interests to u...

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Fired Analyst Loses Multi-Million Dollar Arbitration Against Former Employer

Bill Singer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Investment Banks, Finra, Investment Advice, Chuck Grassley, Wall Street, Research, BrokeAndBroker.Com Broke and Broker, General Wesley Clark, Wall Street Reform, Bill Singer, Wesley Clark, Rodman & Renshaw, Arbitration, Business News

Rodman & Renshaw and other Claimants filed a FINRA Arbitration Statement of Claim (initially in October 2006 and thereafter as amended) against Respondent Matthew N. Murray.

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Rachael Ray Lasers Delayed Indefinitely: An Update on the State of Cybersquatting

Randy Whattoff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cybersquatting, Internet, Law, Icann, Trademark, Cyber Crime, Trademarks, Trademark Infringement, Arbitration, Business News

There are a number of ways that trademark owners deal with cybersquatters. Rachael Ray recently instituted an UDNRP arbitration proceeding against an Indian company that had registered www.rachelray.com (note the missing "a").

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Citizens United Is Just the Tip of the Supreme Court's Pro-Corporate Iceberg

Elizabeth B. Wydra | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, Chief Justice John Roberts, Corporate America, Corporations, Mandatory Binding Arbitration, Justice Alito, Citizens United, Rent a Center, Arbitration, Stolt-Nielsen, Politics News

The President, the press, and the public have been rightly outraged by the Supreme Court's 5-4 decision in Citizens United v. FEC to allow corporation...

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Don't Let the Fox Guard the Hen House

Anthony Tarricone | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, Jackson v. Rent-a-Center, Forced Arbitration, Corporate Power, Arbitration, Politics News

Jackson v. Rent-a-Center throws a spotlight on just how close corporations are to being granted totally unchecked authority to force the American public into arbitration.

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How Big Oil Always Wins

Emma Ruby-Sachs | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Court, Texaco, Bp, Donzinger, Alien Tort Claims Act, Ecuador, British Petroleum, Pollution, Chevron Ecuador, Amazon, Oil Spill, Oil, Federal Court, Chevron, Bilateral Investment Treaty, Arbitration, Politics News

There is another case of oil pollution with over fifteen years of "experience" that might make us nervous about any attempt to hold BP accountable in the courts.

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Labor Dispute Threatens the NFL (And What We Should Do About It)

Neil K. Shenai | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nfl, Super Bowl XLIV, Football, Antitrust, Antitrust Exemption, Peyton Manning, College Football, Super Bowl, Arbitration, Stadiums, Sports News

It's hard to think that the NFL might have peaked in its popularity. But in the wake of record-shattering ratings, the NFL will have to grapple with a potentially game-arresting labor dispute.

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Defense Department Opposed Franken's Anti-Rape Amendment

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

When thirty Republicans lined up against an amendment that would have required defense contractors to allow their employees access to U.S. courts in c...

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Top Ten Civil Justice Triumphs Of the Decade!

Joanne Doroshow | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Insurance Industry, Supreme Court, Pharmaceutical Industry, Karl Rove, Bankruptcy, General Motors, Chrysler, Medical Malpractice, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Al Franken, George W. Bush, Wyeth, Washington State, Bill Frist, Arbitration, Politics News

We look back with pride, and with some amazement really, at these great civil justice wins during the past decade. It hasn't been easy, and there are many to thank.

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Franken's Anti-Rape Amendment Survives

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rape Amendment, Daily Show, Defense Contractors, Dod, Al Franken, Arbitration, Bob Corker, Anti-Rape, Franken Rape Amendment, Gop, Republican, Politics News

An amendment that would prevent the government from working with contractors who deny victims of sexual assault the right to bring their case in court...

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Why Does Chamber of Commerce Favor Arbitration for Workplace Rape Victims, But Oppose It for Union Workers?

Art Levine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Unions, Jamie Lee Jones, Employee Free Choice Act, Npr, Afl-Cio, Chamber of Commerce, Rape, Arbitration, Seiu, Business News

What's especially galling is how fervently businesses embrace arbitration when it allows them to avoid being held accountable for negligence towards employees or the defrauding of consumers.

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Labor Takes New EFCA Tact: Targets Business On Arbitration

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Labor Community, Efca, Employee Free Choice Act, Labor Ad, Business Arbitration, Arbitration, Video, Politics News

Scroll down to see the ad In what is a tactical shift in the debate over the Employee Free Choice Act, the labor community is going after business, c...

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