Problems:
- Access to the courts is now barred for more than 60 million American workers
Solutions:
- Prohibit forced arbitration clauses in agreements between prime and subcontractors doing business with Harris County
Texas Constitution
Code – Civil Practice and Remedies
Chapter – 171 General Arbitration
Public Citizen – State Laws Regulating Arbitration in Insurance Contracts
Public Citizen – Protect the Elderly from Forced Arbitration
National Consumer Law Center – Arbitration & Access to Justice
Public Justice – States Are Mobilizing to Protect Consumers from Forced Arbitration
New York Times – Arbitration Everywhere, Stacking the Deck of Justice
New York Times – In Arbitration, a ‘Privatization of the Justice System’
New York Times – Failed by Law and Courts, Troops Come Home to Repossessions
New York Times – US to Bar Arbitration Clauses in Nursing Home Contracts
Truth Out – An Anniversary You’re Forced to Remember
Economic Policy Institute – The arbitration epidemic
Mother Jones – Have You Signed Away Your Right to Sue?
Bill Moyers – How Corporate America Shut the Courthouse Doors to Average People
Bill Moyers – For-Profit Colleges Have a New Way to Hoodwink Students
NPR – Suing A Nursing Home Could Get Easier Under Proposed Federal Rules
NPR – New Rule Would Make It Easier For Consumers To Sue Banks
Consumerist – Bill Aims To Restore Consumers’ Legal Rights Stripped Away By Supreme Court Rulings
Forced Arbitration Steals the Rights of Those Who Serve
Think Progress – Individuals Lose Once Again At The Hands Of Mandatory Arbitration
Texas Tribune – State Might Let Homeowners Sign Away Right to Sue Insurers
Texas Tribune – Senate Bill Makes It Harder to Sue Insurers
Trib Talk – Texas homeowners deserve a break, not the blame
Houston Chronicle – Texas insurance commissioner could set dangerous precedent
Statesman – Insurer, critics clash over push for arbitration policy
Statesman – Texas insurance chief to hear debate on Farm Bureau’s arbitration plan
Proposed insurance discount gives homeowners less options
Center for Justice and Democracy – National groups oppose Texas arbitration proposal
Center for Justice and Democracy – Letter: Stop Forced Arbitration in Nursing Homes
Business Insurance – Texas employer wins right to use arbitration in worker injury dispute
Washington Post – Signing a mandatory arbitration agreement with a nursing home can be troublesome
Alliance for Justice – Eliminating Forced Arbitration
Washington Monthly – Thrown Out of Court
Huffington Post – Strong Mandatory Arbitration Ban on For-Profit Colleges in Peril
DeKalb commissioners passes resolution prohibiting binding arbitration
Proposed ban on mandatory arbitration moves ahead with state Senate vote
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