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Government

May 1, 2009

Mandatory Arbitration Ban Introduced in Senate

Democratic lawmakers continued their campaign to roll back binding mandatory arbitration Wednesday by introducing legislation in the Senate that would make it impossible to enforce such clauses.

By Robert Iafolla
Daily Journal Staff Writer

WASHINGTON - Democratic lawmakers continued their campaign to roll back binding mandatory arbitration Wednesday by introducing legislation in the Senate that would make it impossible to enforce pre-dispute contracts requiring arbitration.

The bill, put forward by Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wis., would apply to employment, consumer, franchise and civil rights disputes. Rep. Hank Johnson, D-Ga., introduced sim...

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