Fast and Affordable Resolution to Legal Disputes is Just a Click Away SOUTH FLORIDA: Arbitration Resolution Services, Inc. (ARS) is the pioneer in online legal dispute resolution services. After two years of software development including alpha and beta testing and pilot programs, the start-up venture already has a number of active arbitrations and mediations in…
[This was originally published in the author’s blog at the Securities Arbitration Commentator] For those who thought the Supreme Court in AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion, 131 S. Ct. 1740 (2011), laid to rest any questions about whether the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”) preempts state laws barring class action waivers in a consumer predispute arbitration…
By George H. Friedman* Introduction The recent release of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Final Report to Congress on mandatory arbitration of consumer financial disputes has focused attention on the prevalent use of mandatory, predispute arbitration agreements (“PDAAs”) in consumer transactions. The Report, released March 10th was quite negative about arbitration, foreshadowing regulations to address…
By George H. Friedman [This was originally published in the author’s blog at the Securities Arbitration Commentator] Short answer: no. For those who want a little more detail, read on. I wrote recently on my blogs at both the Securities Arbitration Commentator and Arbitration Resolution Services about the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (“CFPB”) study of…