From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch: "Consumer groups decry growing use of arbitration," by Michael D. Sorkin and Ed Ronco--
On Thursday, opponents of binding arbitrations launched a nationwide campaign to stop them. They said such arbitration clauses have started to pop up just about everywhere, including in contracts for cell phones, credit cards, home repairs, automobiles and with physicians and HMOs.
The "Give Me Back My Rights!" campaign brings together more than 20 major consumer organizations and several lawyers' groups. Among them: Consumer Reports, Consumer Federation of America and the U.S. Public Interest Research Group.
They are calling upon consumers to close credit card accounts with companies that use binding arbitration, and calling upon the companies to remove those clauses from their contracts.
--Posted by Illinois personal injury attorney T. Evan Schaeffer of Schaeffer & Lamere, P.C.
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