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Navigating Mass Arbitration: New Rules and Strategies — The Consumer Finance Podcast
On April 1, the American Arbitration Association (AAA) announced the launch of its new Consumer Mediation Procedures and Fee Schedule. According to the announcement, updates aim to simplify and make dispute resolution more...more
In recent years, plaintiff-side attorneys have increasingly relied on a strategy of “mass arbitration” to force companies into in terrorem settlements, whereby large numbers of claims are settled quickly before the underlying...more