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[–] chocrates@piefed.world 39 points 2 days ago (4 children) Forced arbitration illegal when? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 32 points 2 days ago not soon enough my friend. My work just tried to get me to sign one. Luckily it was optional, but holy fuck permalink fedilink source parent [–] NateNate60@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago (2 children) A lot of arbitration clauses can be opted out of. This was the case with most of my credit card agreements when I was reading through them. It involves sending a letter saying that you want to opt out of arbitration. The clause is usually within the mass of text and not easy to find, but it's there. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] halcyoncmdr@piefed.social 9 points 2 days ago (1 child) A lot of arbitration clauses are thrown out by courts once they manage to get it in front of a real judge and not a paid stooge. The feeling you get when the arbitrator goes against the company paying them though. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] NateNate60@lemmy.world 1 point 2 days ago Also, many arbitration clauses state that the company pays for arbitration costs as long as your claim is not frivolous. There was an attempted class-action case against Valve some time ago, and Valve pleaded that the contract required individual arbitration. So the law firm representing the customers filed tens of thousands of demands for arbitration for each individual customer, each of which surely would result in hundreds or thousands of dollars in arbitration costs for Valve... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 32 points 2 days ago not soon enough my friend. My work just tried to get me to sign one. Luckily it was optional, but holy fuck permalink fedilink source parent
[–] NateNate60@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago (2 children) A lot of arbitration clauses can be opted out of. This was the case with most of my credit card agreements when I was reading through them. It involves sending a letter saying that you want to opt out of arbitration. The clause is usually within the mass of text and not easy to find, but it's there. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] halcyoncmdr@piefed.social 9 points 2 days ago (1 child) A lot of arbitration clauses are thrown out by courts once they manage to get it in front of a real judge and not a paid stooge. The feeling you get when the arbitrator goes against the company paying them though. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] NateNate60@lemmy.world 1 point 2 days ago Also, many arbitration clauses state that the company pays for arbitration costs as long as your claim is not frivolous. There was an attempted class-action case against Valve some time ago, and Valve pleaded that the contract required individual arbitration. So the law firm representing the customers filed tens of thousands of demands for arbitration for each individual customer, each of which surely would result in hundreds or thousands of dollars in arbitration costs for Valve... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] halcyoncmdr@piefed.social 9 points 2 days ago (1 child) A lot of arbitration clauses are thrown out by courts once they manage to get it in front of a real judge and not a paid stooge. The feeling you get when the arbitrator goes against the company paying them though. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] NateNate60@lemmy.world 1 point 2 days ago Also, many arbitration clauses state that the company pays for arbitration costs as long as your claim is not frivolous. There was an attempted class-action case against Valve some time ago, and Valve pleaded that the contract required individual arbitration. So the law firm representing the customers filed tens of thousands of demands for arbitration for each individual customer, each of which surely would result in hundreds or thousands of dollars in arbitration costs for Valve... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] NateNate60@lemmy.world 1 point 2 days ago Also, many arbitration clauses state that the company pays for arbitration costs as long as your claim is not frivolous. There was an attempted class-action case against Valve some time ago, and Valve pleaded that the contract required individual arbitration. So the law firm representing the customers filed tens of thousands of demands for arbitration for each individual customer, each of which surely would result in hundreds or thousands of dollars in arbitration costs for Valve... permalink fedilink source parent