by Paul Bland
cross-posted from Tort Deform
While very few of them actually know it, courts would say that tens if not hundreds of millions of Americans have "agreed" that if they ever have a dispute against various powerful corporations, that their dispute will be decided by an organization named the National Arbitration Forum (or "NAF"). Who is the NAF? What is its background? Is it really a neutral organization, or is it likely to favor one side or the other in disputes?
Let me put my own "biases" on the table at the outset. Based upon extensive investigation and interviews with literally hundreds of people, my law firm, Trial Lawyers for Public Justice, has argued vociferously in several different court cases around the nation that the NAF is not a truly neutral organization. Instead, we have argued, NAF has conducted itself in ways that suggest that it in disputes between consumers and large corporations (and particularly banks and other lenders), that the NAF as an institution is pre-disposed to favor the corporations and lenders.
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