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Senators in Defense of Rape
Civilianism News | October 20th 2009 by Shelly Thomas
In a surprise vote in support of employee rape, 30 Republican senators voted against the first Al Franken amendment. Women everywhere should be outraged at the misogyny of these Senators. Here are only a few of the 30, all of which you can see pi read more
80-year-old Woman Fights Nursing Home Arbitration Clause
Illinois Nursing Home Abuse Blog | October 8th 2009
An attorney for an elderly stroke victim urged a state’s Supreme Court to let her take her fraud claims against a nursing home to trial, rather than to arbitration as the health care facility is demanding. A circuit court judge ruled that the vict read more
Arbitrators? Fung says no.
Don Roach | September 27th 2009
UPDATE: Tonight the city council voted and approved this resolution. The only council members voting against the resolution were Councilmen Navarro and Lupino. I spoke with Councilman Livingston prior to the meeting and he expressed concern at that t read more
Arbitrators? Fung says no.
Don Roach | September 23rd 2009
Cranston Mayor, Allan Fung, will be introducing a resolution against a proposal to utilize binding arbitration during negotiation with teacher’s unions. Before I get to the text of the Mayor’s resolution, can I just say that it is incredu read more
Binding Arbitration Clauses Create Havoc in Nursing Home Abuse Ca…
Illinois Nursing Home Abuse Blog | August 26th 2009
Binding arbitration clauses are becoming increasingly more common in society, especially in nursing homes. Many nursing home lawyers are finding that nursing home residents and their families are being faced with mandatory arbitration clauses when t read more
Bank of America Drops "you can't sue me" clause contained in cons…
Give Me Back My Credit! Identity Theft Prevention and Scam A… | August 14th 2009 by Denise Richardson
Could the end of unfair forced binding arbitration be near? Yesterday Bank of America stepped up to the plate and announced a bold move -they will no longer require its customers to resolve their disputes in the unfair system of forced arbitrati read more
National Arbitration Forum Settles AG Suit; Exits Consumer Credit…
Give Me Back My Credit! Identity Theft Prevention and Scam A… | July 20th 2009 by Denise Richardson
According to an eye-opening BusinessWeek article, Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson announced that the National Arbitration Forum (NAF) the same company she recently filed suit against, has agreed to stop deciding consumer arbitration cases! read more
EFCA "Compromise" in the Works?
Connecticut Employment Law Blog | July 17th 2009 by Daniel Schwartz
The New York Times this morning is reporting that a group of moderate Democratic Senators have been discussing a bill that would eliminate the "card check" provision from the Employee Free Choice Act legislation but would keep other aspects read more
Lawsuit filed against National Arbitration Forum allegations of f…
Give Me Back My Credit! Identity Theft Prevention and Scam A… | July 14th 2009 by Denise Richardson
Breaking news -A lawsuit filed today by the Minnesota Attorney General filed against the National Arbitration Forum alleges "consumer fraud, false advertising and deceptive trade practices by 'misrepresenting its independence' and hiding its 'extensi read more
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