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| − | Work in progress. Collecting links and quotes for future article on this subject.
| + | #REDIRECT [[User:GregG/Attacks on arbitration]] |
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| − | *[http://consumerist.com/2011/10/cablevision-lets-you-say-no-to-arbitration.html]: "If you don't want to give up your right to personally sue them in a court of law and be forced into a kangaroo court overseen by a judge whose fees are paid for by the company you're suing, Cablevision will let you."
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| − | *[http://www.opposingviews.com/i/politics/annual-meeting-today-starbucks-touts-social-responsibility-while-stiffling-consumer]
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| − | *[http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/07/opinion/stuck-in-arbitration.html?_r=1]
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| − | *[http://www.cnn.com/2011/09/21/tech/gaming-gadgets/sony-psn-terms/] -- misleading statement that "Arbiters are typically retired judges who fetch an hourly rate of $300 or more, a fee that's generally split between the two parties"
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| − | *[http://www.pcworld.com/article/252026/atandt_wont_appeal_decision_in_throttling_suit.html] -- "[Suing in small claims court] also doesn't require parties in the proceeding to keep their mouths shut after a decision is rendered, as arbitration does." -- which is false with respect to the AT&T Mobility agreement
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| − | *[http://consumerist.com/2012/04/turns-out-that-forcing-customers-into-arbitration-is-not-good-for-consumers.html] -- Consumerist again, citing the trial lawyer advocacy group [[Public Citizen]] and their report on post-''Concepcion'' arbitration law
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| − | *[http://moneyland.time.com/2012/04/25/how-service-contracts-rob-you-of-your-rights-and-what-the-cfpb-is-doing-about-it/]
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| − | *[http://www.creditcards.com/credit-card-news/cfpb-invite-public-comments-arbitration-1282.php] -- "Arbitration, however, requires consumers to surrender their right to sue, and many consumer advocates say the process as used in financial products is biased toward banks." without further comment or elaboration.
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| − | *[http://www.thenation.com/blog/167537/consumer-financial-protection-bureau-take-shadow-corporate-justice-system] -- "an arbitration procedure in which there is not a judge or jury—but rather, a private arbitrator often chosen by the corporation being sued."
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| − | *[http://www.baltimoresun.com/business/money/bs-bz-ambrose-mandatory-arbitration-20120429,0,7860950.story] -- another article which intones that the company chooses the arbitrator, also misstates that parties are generally required to keep results confidential
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| − | *[http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-lazarus-20120501,0,1556559.column] -- "Generally speaking, businesses prefer arbitration because settlements are limited and because professional arbitrators, whose fees are typically paid by the company in a dispute, tend to favor businesses. It's a classic example of not biting the hand that feeds", also quotes without comment Public Citizen's dubious 94% figure
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| − | *[http://www.gamepolitics.com/2012/08/01/valve-changes-steam-subscriber-agreement-eliminate-class-actions-add-mandatory-arbitratio] -- "Of course, because Valve will be hiring the arbitrator in question, one can expect that the person dealing with disputes will not be completely impartial either"
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| − | *[http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-lazarus-20121002,0,901196.column]
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| − | *[http://www.foxbusiness.com/personal-finance/2012/11/26/can-arbitration-solve-your-beef-with-bank/] -- from Fox Business, which is flat out wrong about discovery in arbitration
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| − | *[http://consumerist.com/2012/12/21/heres-how-to-opt-out-of-instagrams-new-arbitration-clause/] with respect to being able to recover from an AG action
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| − | *[http://lifeinc.today.com/_news/2013/01/07/16355738-new-rules-for-disputes-with-american-express-and-instagram] -- problems with arbitrator neutrality, ability to order injunctive relief, secrecy, etc. that are not reflected in the two agreements highlighted
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