Bound & GaggedHow will the battle over mandatory binding arbitration affect you?
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You're taking legal action against a large company. Butinstead of a jury trial, you're facing an arbitrator.
It's a growing trend, as credit card companies, banks, automanufacturers and other big businesses inform customers in fineprint that any claim, dispute or controversy will be settled inarbitration, where there's no jury and no right to appeal. Theresult: Just 3 percent of U.S. civil cases now make it to trial."A trial is very expensive," says Judge William Huss, amediator and arbitrator in Los Angeles and author ofStart Your Own Law Practice. Arbitration, he contends,"is fast, fair and final."
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