(l-r) Navy Reservist Kevin Ziober; professor Myriam Gilles of the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva University; Alan Kaplinsky with Ballard Spahr, F. Paul Bland Jr., executive director of Public Justice; Alan Carlson, owner of Italian Colors Restaurant; and Victor Schwartz, with Shook, Hardy & Bacon, are sworn in before the Senate Judiciary Committee during a hearing titled “Arbitration in America,” on Tuesday. Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM
With reforms to forced arbitration in their sights, the Senate Judiciary Committee heard competing testimony from a panel of attorneys about the impact the practice has on businesses and consumers.
At issue is a system proponents believe helps keep legal costs reasonable, but that opponents believe is being used to immunize companies from litigation. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, is pushing legislation to eliminate forced arbitration clauses in employment, consumer and civil rights cases.
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